Heritage interpretation circuit

Name: Heritage interpretation circuit
Start: 2023-09-16T07:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Château-Mairie

The heritage interpretation circuit unveils the secrets of Château-Renault in 17 panels and an orientation table, and invites you to a guided and illustrated discovery of Château-Renault’s heritage.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Ville de Château-Renault

The heritage interpretation circuit unveils the secrets of Château-Renault in 17 panels and an orientation table, and invites you to a commented and illustrated discovery of the medieval, renaissance, classic and industrial heritage of the former Cité du cuir in Château-Renault. It allows to wander in the city and in the countryside, to discover great monuments and discreet and picturesque streets, to apprehend part of the mysteries of the old historical Gâtine once wooded and inaccessible, and to explore a preserved environment, nestled in wooded valleys, and crossed by winding rivers once dotted with wheat, coot or tan mills. Accompanying brochure available: "Parcours Château-Renault"

About the location

Château-Mairie

Hôtel de Ville 37110 Château-Renault

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

Strengthened Site and castle of the Lords of Castle-Renault based(established) in the Xth century and rebuilt in the course of the XIIth, XIIIth and XIVth centuries. The domain includes a Romanic donjon (1160), a door strengthened by the XIIIth and XIVth centuries (current Clock tower), one orangery of the XIXth century, of common(shared) the XVIIIth century, a manorial home, gardens, a new rose garden and an old(former) sported park. Based(Established) by the Lords Guicher de Château-Renault in the Xth century, he was property of the counts of Blois, of the family of Orléans, and from the XVIth century, of the family Rousselet. The manorial home keeps(preserves) in several places the coat of arms of the famous vice-admiral François-Louis Rousselet, thinks "Chateauregnault", believer(regular customer) of the king Louis XIV. In the XIXth century, the site becomes property of the family Calmon, which gives it in 1948 in the city of Castle-Renault. The medieval cellars saved(spared) by diverse fires of the castle open to the visitors in several subterranean metres.