Rohan Castle

Rohan Castle (French: Château des Rohan, German: Rohan-Schloss), also known as Château Neuf (New Castle) or the Château de Saverne (German: Schloss Zabern), is an eighteenth-century neoclassical palace in the city of Saverne in Alsace, France. It was one of the residences of Archbishops of Strasbourg, rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg, which was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the 13th century until 1803. Various members of the princely Rohan family were Prince-Bishop in the 18th century. The 140 metre wide façade of red Vosges sandstone is considered to be one of the most impressive examples of its kind.

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Rohan Castle ranks #3,002 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #227 of the 524 mapped in France. Founded c. 1750, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,132 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Strasbourg, 34 km away. It is one of the 57 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 8 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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