Castle of Cinq-Mars
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Attribution: By Duch.seb - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16736650
Location
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, Indre-et-Loire department, France
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Built
12th century
The castle was built in the 12th century, with significant additions and alterations from the 13th, 15th and 16th centuries. The castle is privately owned. It has been listed since 1976 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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