Château de Valmer

The Château de Valmer is a complex located northeast of Chançay, a French commune in the Indre-et-Loire department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. It was built in 1524 by remodeling a medieval castle of the Binet family and was renovated and expanded in the second half of the 17th century. After numerous other changes and repairs during the 19th and 20th centuries, the main building was almost destroyed by a fire in 1948.

The remains of the neo-Renaissance style complex are among the many châteaux in the Loire Valley and, together with the associated terraced baroque garden, have been listed as a monument historique since 1 May 1930. The park and garden have been designated a Jardin remarquable since 2004. They can be explored for a fee together with the castle chapel carved into the rock, which 12,000 visitors visit every year.

Text adapted from “Valmer Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Château de Valmer ranks #3,597 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #280 of the 675 mapped in France. Founded 1524, it is older than 44% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 827 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,669 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tours, 17 km away. It is one of the 69 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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