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Château de Brissac today

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Château de Brissac

The Château de Brissac is a large Loire Valley château in Brissac-Quincé, owned by the noble Cossé (Duke of Brissac) family and listed as a monument historique. Built originally in the Middle Ages and rebuilt into its present form in the early 17th century, it is noted for its exceptional height and Baroque-influenced façade. The château remains in family ownership and is open to the public for tours and overnight stays.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Its prime

1620

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1620

The shape it held in its prime.

A very tall seventeenth-century French château of seven stories set on a raised stone terrace, dominated by a large cylindrical round keep with a corbelled stone gallery and a steep conical slate roof; the main block shows pale limestone ashlar façades with regularly spaced tall windows, pilastered bays and steep mansard and hipped slate roofs pierced by numerous tall brick chimneys; grounds of trimmed lawn and mature trees surround the base and retaining wall.

Step inside

7 places to explore in 1620.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Château de Brissac — including 2 interiors: the château's gilded theatre, ducal guest chamber (principal guest rooms). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Approach across the lawn to the south-west façadeExterior of the cylindrical round keepMain ashlar façade and rooflineStone terrace and base of the châteauRooftop view of mansards and chimneysThe château's gilded theatreDucal guest chamber (principal guest rooms)

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See Château de Brissac with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1620 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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