The Château de Luynes in Luynes, Indre-et-Loire, France, serves as a manor house and a significant historical landmark. Built in the 13th century as a medieval fortress on a rocky promontory, it is quadrangular and features four cylindrical towers dating from the 13th and 15th centuries.
The castle has been subject to registration as an historical monument since July 17, 1926. During substantial rebuilding in the 15th century, current windows replaced primitive arrow slits and the wall between the towers was perforated by mullioned windows.
Today, the castle has a terrace replacing the South curtain wall, an outer defensive wall with two small round towers still discernible, and a pavilion constructed at the back of the Southeast Tower in the 17th century.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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