Castles in Mayenne

Château de style Renaissance
53600 Saint-Georges-sur-Erve

Foulletorte Castle, built in the 3rd quarter of the 16th century in Saint-Georges-sur-Erve (Mayenne), is a Renaissance granite residence, classified as a Historic Monument, built on an ancient feudal motte surrounded by moat fed by the Erve.

Château
53600 Châtres-la-Forêt

Montecler Castle, an unfinished Renaissance 17th century building, stands in Châtres-la-Forêt in Mayenne. Former seigneury erected as a marquisate in 1616, it bears witness to the aristocratic history of Maine.

Château de style Louis XII
53200 Chemazé

The castle of Saint-Ouen, a 16th century Louis XII building, stands in Chemaze in Mayenne. Former abbey residence, it combines a majestic square tower with a historic chapel, classified as a historical monument since 1923.

Château
53150 Montsûrs

The Château des Ifs, built at the beginning of the 16th century in Montsûrs en Mayenne, only exists through its chapel Saint-Ouie and some remains. Former seigneury dependent on Laval County.

Château fort
53100 Mayenne

The castle of Mayenne, built in the ninth century as a Carolingian palace, is a rare example of medieval civil architecture located in Pays de la Loire. Transformed into a fortress and then into a prison, it now houses an archaeological museum in the city of Mayenne.

Château de plaisance
53120 Lévaré

The castle of Lévaré, a medieval building of the 11th, 16th and 18th centuries, stands in Lévaré in Mayenne (Pays de la Loire). This historic monument, marked by its feudal architecture and successive transformations, bears witness to ten centuries of seigneurial and family history.

Château
53190 Fougerolles-du-Plessis

The Château de Goué, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in Fougerolles-du-Plessis in Mayenne, is a historical monument in the Louis XIII style, marked by reconstructions and vicissitudes.

Château de style Renaissance
53600 Mézangers

The Château du Rocher, a 13th–12th century building renovated in the 18th century, dominates a pond in Mézangers (Mayenne). Combining medieval architecture and Renaissance, it has been listed as a historical monument since 1963.