Château de Langeais Tickets

The most mediaeval Château de Langeais hold an interior that comprises fifteen rooms, rich in sculpted finishings, and exhibits the tastes and the comforts of the end of the Middle Ages. The rooms are beautified with the collection of tapestries from the 15th and 16th centuries which offers the architecture a complete outlook of production and the state of preservation. Visitors will discover the great history of France and the atmospheric glance of great lordly residences. The Château also holds a museum, showcasing major works from the Middle Ages periods which includes a collection of sacred arts and Preux wall hangings.

The Château de Langeais park is full of recreational facilities and fun like the Scaffolding and lifting machines, which are redesigned behind the keep and showcase the construction techniques of builders in the 1000s. It also holds the promenade between sequoias and cedars called Belvedere, which ends over the Loire with a telescope, it is a cultural landscape listed as world heritage by UNESCO. The beautiful playgrounds have a 6-storey treehouse built majestically a century back. The treehouse offers great views along with the ruins of the 11th-century chapel and fascinates both young and old generations.

In the year 1000, the Touraine was the subject of a conflict between the two powerful rulers, Foulques Nerra, and the Count of Blois, Eudes I. The Counts of Blois and Anjou thereafter took over Langeais, beginning an uneasy chapter in its history. Later the armed groups resided in the citadel throughout the 100-year conflict. Charles VII demolished the castle in the later part of 1422, leaving just the keep. The keep is now one of the oldest stone structures remaining intact.

Louis XI in the year 1465, decided to build a new château in Langeais. The design of the castle represents the changes that were occurring as the 15th century came to an end. The castle holds huge towers, a drawbridge, and a parapet walk on machicolations on the town side, and on the other hand, the countryside represents the desire of the king from his residence which is a cosy place to live, opening to the outside world through beautiful windows.

The historic marriage of Anne of Brittany and Charles VIII of France took place in one of the royal halls of Dunois’s château at dawn on 6th December 1491 in a small gathering. The marriage marked the beginning of the duchy of Brittany's integration into the French kingdom.

The château of Langeais was handed over to different people after the end of the 15th century and the castle went under little maintenance. Later the castle was acquired by Jacques Siegfried, who was a great lover of the art of the Middle Ages and a successful businessman. The château was donated to Institut de France in 1904, which still holds its proprietorship.