Castles in Loire-Atlantique

Neo-classical and Palladian style castle
44330 Vallet

The Château de la Noë Bel-Air, a 19th century neoclassical building, stands in Vallet in the Loire-Atlantique, surrounded by a classified landscaped park and a historic orange grove.

Renaissance style castle
44115 Haute-Goulaine

The château de Goulaine, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in Haute-Goulaine, Loire-Atlantique, is a listed historical monument, formerly separating Brittany from the kingdom of France, always linked to its founding family and open to the public.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
44110 Châteaubriant

Châteaubriant Castle, located in the eponymous town of Loire-Atlantique (Pays de la Loire), is a medieval castle that was profoundly reshaped in the Renaissance. Founded in the 11th century, it played a strategic role in the Marches de Bretagne before becoming a luxurious seigneurial residence.

Renaissance style castle
44350 Guérande

The castle of Careil, fortified mansion of the 15th and 16th centuries, is located in Guérande in Loire-Atlantique. Former defensive and Protestant place, it combines medieval architecture and Renaissance, classified as a historical monument since 1925.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
44000 Nantes

The Château des Ducs de Bretagne, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Nantes in the Pays de la Loire, is a ducal fortress that became a royal residence, an emblem of the Breton and French historical heritage. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it now houses the Nantes History Museum.

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44670 La Chapelle-Glain

The Château de la Motte-Glain, a Louis XII style building and a Gothic finish, dominates the Chapelle-Glain in the Loire-Atlantique, on the historical border between Brittany and Anjou. Built in the late 15th century by Pierre de Rohan-Gié, it combines medieval heritage and incomplete Renaissance.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
44130 Blain

The château de la Groulais, a medieval fortress of the 14th and 15th centuries in Blain (Land of the Loire), was a strategic bastion of the Duchy of Brittany, marked by the conflicts between Clisson, Rohan and the crown of France.

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44780 Missillac

The Château de la Bretsche, located in Missillac in the Loire-Atlantique, is a 15th century building rebuilt in the 19th century, mixing neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance styles, surrounded by a 200-hectare park.