France · 10th century
Château de Vendôme ranks #4,421 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #365 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 950, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 192 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,258 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Blois, 29 km away. It is one of the 73 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
The ruin of the Château de Vendôme stands in the small French town of Vendôme in the département of Loir-et-Cher in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has been protected as a monument historique since 1840.
Machine-translated from “Burg Vendôme” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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