Château de Plessis-lez-Tours

The royal Château de Plessis-lèz-Tours (French pronunciation: [ʃato də plɛsi le tuʁ]) is the remains of a late Gothic château located in the town of La Riche in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Loire Valley of France. Around three quarters of the former royal residence were pulled down during the French Revolution in 1796.

Plessis-lèz-Tours was the favorite residence of King Louis XI of France, who died there on 30 August 1483. It was also the scene of the 1589 meeting between King Henry III of France and the future King Henry IV of France which resulted in their alliance against the Catholic League.

The present building is only a small part of the château originally built by Louis XI in the 15th century. The original château had three wings in the shape of a U. The room where Louis XI died can be visited. It has late 15th-century wooden linenfold panelling. The first floor has paintings and sculpture devoted to St. Francis of Paola, whom Louis XI summoned to live near him until his death. Inside the château is a display of iron cages which were suspended from the ceiling and used to hold prisoners. The cages were so small that the prisoners were unable to stand.

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Château de Plessis-lez-Tours ranks #1574 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #114 of the 351 mapped in Francia. Fundado en ca. 1450, más antiguo que el 53% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 243 atlas entries founded in the siglo XV. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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