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Brézé Castle

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Brézé Castle

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    1. Château de Saumur – Saumur loop from Saumur

    65.6km

    02:40

    340m

    340m

    Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    Moderate

    Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

    Moderate

    Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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    October 23, 2024

    Classified as a "Grand site du Val de Loire", the Château de Brézé is a unique historical monument built between the 11th and 19th centuries. The castle stands proudly in a magnificent neo-Gothic style, but it is actually beneath the surface that the building's particularity lies, since it houses an entire underground network that constitutes a real fortress hidden under the rock. Initially built to protect against Viking invasions, the fortress has one of the deepest dry moats in Europe. Under the castle, there is a 3 km network of tunnels and rooms. These were in a way the first protective bunkers known in history, and housed bakeries, stables, dormitories, kitchens, a barrel room and even a silkworm farm.

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      Elevation 110 m

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      Location: Brézé, Saumur, Pays de la Loire, France

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