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The Château de la Guerche in Indre-et-Loire

The Château de la Guerche in Indre-et-Loire

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The Château de la Guerche in La Guerche, Indre-et-Loire, France, was built during the reign of Charles VII of France for Antoinette de Maignelais, a cousin of the recently defunct mistress Agnès Sorrel.

The Château de la Guerche is a castle in La Guerche, in Indre-et-Loire, a département in France. It was built during the reign of Charles VII of France for Antoinette de Maignelais, the young cousin of Charles's recently defunct mistress Agnès Sorrel, and her new husband André de Villequier.

The castle was besieged in 1592 during the French Wars of Religion. It was restored in the seventeenth century and renovated subsequently, and it is now open to visitors.

Listed since 1944 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture, the castle remains a significant historic site in the region.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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