France · Restored
Château de Combourg
Château de Combourg is a medieval castle in Combourg, Ille‑et‑Vilaine, Brittany, France, sited on a small hill beside Lac Tranquille. Built around 1025, it became famous as the childhood home of the writer François‑René de Chateaubriand and was restored in 1876 under Count Geoffroy de Chateaubriand with work overseen by Eugène Viollet‑le‑Duc. The privately owned château is listed as a monument historique.
First raised
1025
Its prime
1876
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1876
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a small wooded hill beside Lac Tranquille, the château presents a compact medieval stone silhouette dominated by a succession of towers and a continuous curtain wall rising directly from the slope. Pitched roofs and chimneys, crenellations and a restored 19th‑century roofline define its skyline; the exterior is stone masonry, set above the town with the lake at the foot of the hill, appearing as a lived‑in fortified residence in 1876.
Step inside
4 places to explore in 1876.
The record describes 4 distinct spots at Château de Combourg — including 1 interior: family apartments (chateaubriand period). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Château de Combourg with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1876 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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