Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume

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Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume consists of four towers, donjon and residential building. It was built originally in the 11th century and was besieged and conquered several times in the wars of William the Conqueror and later in Hundred Years War. It was restored as residential use in the 16th-17th centuries.

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Address
Place des Minimes 10, Sillé-le-Guillaume, France

Established
16th century

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