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).
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Monument historique
Acceso
The main access, with parking, is by Varennes on the D917 (Vendôme-Montoire-sur-le-Loir)