Château de Tournoël

The Château de Tournoël is a medieval fortified castle partly in ruins in the commune of Volvic, in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France. The castle is located on a rocky mountain spur at an altitude of 594 m in the foothills of the Puy de la Bannière which dominates the Limagne plains (about 350 m altitude above the level of Riom).

The Château de Tournoël is privately owned and has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1889.

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Château de Tournoël ranks #3,555 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #273 of the 351 mapped in France. Founded 1100, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 171 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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