Castles to visit Mayenne

Built in the th century, it is one of the oldest castles of France, one of the examples of the country's best preserved carolingian architecture, and was thus logically promoted Archaeological Site of national interest. Pelle and draws do not stop handing over the secrets of the castle like these 9 cavities, dug in the ground and corresponding to the traces of an earlier wooden building built on a pile of piles. A few years ago, an underground room for the th or th centuries was updated. Meanwhile, the castle does not visit.

This castle dates back to the end of the fifteenth century and owes its construction to a Marshal de France, Pierre de Rohan, who was - what career! - counsel for four of our kings, from Louis XI to François I, and saved Charles VIII in Fornoue. Alternating the brick and lime and thus creating a light contrast, this artwork is, in the opinion of specialists, the northernmost of the Loire castles. This is enough to decide the most about visitors to the town of Saint-Quentin-les-Anges.