The Château de Châtillon-Coligny is a
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
, later replaced with a smaller
château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
No ...
, in the ''
commune'' of
Châtillon-Coligny
Châtillon-Coligny () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
The Loing and the Briare Canal run through the town.
Sights and monuments
* Château de Châtillon-Coligny
Notable people
* Gaspard I de Coligny (c.1465-1 ...
in the
Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434. ''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety- ...
'' of France.
The present structure is heavily modified. Its origins were a medieval fortress whose
keep
A keep (from the Middle English ''kype'') is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in ...
was constructed around 1180. The castle was rebuilt during the
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass id ...
and demolished from 1798. A new, more modest château was constructed in 1854. Of the original, the keep and a Renaissance