Castle of Sully-sur-Loire
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Attribution: By Great Castles
The chateau was the seat of the Duke de Sully, Henri IV's minister Maximilien de Bethune (1560-1641), and the later dukes of Sully. It is a chateau-fort, a true castle, built to control one of the few sites where the Loire can be forded.
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