Le château de Saumur
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member bob29
N 47° 15.366 W 000° 04.350
30T E 721491 N 5237781
Le château de Saumur est construit sur un promontoire qui commande la vallée de la Loire. Saumur était à l’origine un site fortifié. Une tour maîtresse de plan carré occupait le coteau au 11ème siècle. The castle of Saumur east built on a headland which orders the Loire Valley. Saumur was in the beginning a strengthened site. A main tower of square plan occupied the slope at the 11th century.
Waymark Code: WM1R3B
Location: France
Date Posted: 06/28/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
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Bâti au confluent de la Loire et du Thouet, aux confins est de l'Anjou et à proximité de l'ouest de la Touraine1, le château de Saumur a connu ses premières fortifications sous Thibaud, comte de Blois, au Xe siècle. En 1026, il devint propriété du comte d'Anjou, le célèbre Foulques Nerra qui le légua à ses héritiers Plantagenêt.
Philippe Auguste, roi de France et capétien, l'annexa à la couronne.
(Wikipédia)
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Located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire département, the Château de Saumur was originally constructed as a fortified stronghold. After its destruction in 1067, the château was rebuilt by a member of the powerful Plantagenet family.

In the early part of the 1200s, King Philippe II made Saumur part of his royal domain but his son, King Louis IX (Saint Louis) was responsible for the castle's rebirth. It changed hands several times until 1589 when the Protestant King Henri IV (of France and Navarre) gifted the castle to Duplessis-Mornay.

In 1621 the castle was converted into an army barracks then into a state prison under Napoleon Bonaparte. The castle has a dungeon and watchtower, and houses the Musée de la Figurine-Jouet, a collection of very old toys and figurines of soldiers, kings of France, and clowns. (Wikipédia)
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