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Châteaubriant Castle

Name: Châteaubriant Castle
Rating: 2

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Location: Pays de la Loire, France

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1. Sandstone path – Château de Châteaubriant loop from Ligne de Nantes-Orléans à Châteaubriant

38.9km

02:31

280m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Étang du Borgne loop from Châteaubriant

50.4km

03:16

320m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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3. Château de Châteaubriant – Étang du Borgne loop from Soulvache

66.0km

04:11

430m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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JFRig

October 16, 2022

Around 1050, Lord Brient built a wooden castle on a rocky promontory, at the confluence of the Chère and the Rollard. Between the 12th and 15th centuries, Chasteau Brient developed and became a formidable stronghold in the Marches of Brittany.
The keep, the dwellings and the ramparts still evoke the power of this medieval castle.
From the 1490s, Françoise de Dinan (1436-1500) chose to take over the former courtyard of the castle to build a vast residential complex there and lay out gardens. She initiated this project but it was her grandson Jean de Laval (1487-1543) who completed it, drawing inspiration from architectural research and the effervescence of the Renaissance.
Built in the 1530s, the golden room is the only interior of the Renaissance complex accessible all year round. Reorganized a century later, this room retains a coffered ceiling and a remarkable set of woodwork.
Françoise de Foix (1495-1537), wife of Jean de Laval, dies

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October 17, 2022

brutally on the night of October 16, 1537. Her death gave birth to a legend: recluse in this room, she would have been murdered by her jealous husband and a pool of blood would reappear every year in front of the fireplace.

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Châteaubriant Castle

1. Sandstone path – Château de Châteaubriant loop from Ligne de Nantes-Orléans à Châteaubriant

2. Étang du Borgne loop from Châteaubriant

3. Château de Châteaubriant – Étang du Borgne loop from Soulvache

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