Guided tour of the outdoors

Name: Guided tour of the outdoors
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Château de Rochambeau

History of the life of the Maréchal de Rochambeau born in Vendôme, having participated in the military campaigns of Louis XV, then Louis XVI and explanations on the architecture of the castle.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

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About the location

Château de Rochambeau

1 Hameau de Rochambeau, 41100 Thoré-la-Rochette

Loir-et-Cher
Centre-Val de Loire

Castle built on the banks of the Loir. Home of the family of Marshal Comte de Rochambeau, commander of the French expeditionary force sent by King Louis XVI to help Washington during the war of independence of the United States. In 1791, he was appointed Marshal of France. The central part was a gentilhommière of the sixteenth century altered and enlarged in the eighteenth century. Opposite facade built in the 19th century to hide a rock collapse. Chapel built in 1873 in the middle of a natural cellar (troglodyte).