Ancien château, Surgères

Name: Ancien château
Address: Surgères, France

#1 among attractions in Surgères

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The castle of Surgères is located on the right bank of the Gères in Surgères in Charente-Maritime and is the historical, cultural and tourist heart of the city.

This vast castral complex, originally built in the Middle Ages, at the end of the Carolingian period, includes today a somewhat disparate group of buildings dating from the 11th century for the church and from the 16th to the 18th century for the civil buildings, enclosed behind a belt of ramparts and towers dating from the medieval period.

List of the lords of Surgères : Maingot family from ? to 1345; Clermont family from 1345 to 1487; Maumont family from 1487 to ?; Fonsèque-Monterey family ? to 1600; La Rochefoucauld family from 1600 to ?

Coordinates: 46°6'19"N, 0°45'6"W

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Ancien château – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Breuil-la-Réorte, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Saint-Vivien Church, War Memorial.

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Saint-Vivien Church
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Memorial
War Memorial, Landrais
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Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois
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