France · Restored
Château de Montaigne
The Château de Montaigne is a château-mansion in Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, long associated with the philosopher Michel de Montaigne. The building retains a neo-Renaissance appearance after a 19th-century rebuilding; its round library tower is traditionally identified with Montaigne's study.
Its prime
1580
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1580
The shape it held in its prime.
A pale limestone château with steep, dark slate roofs punctuated by conical and pyramidal towers and ornate dormer windows. The frontage presents a symmetrical arrangement of mullioned windows above a ground floor of tall arched transomed openings, a central carved stone doorway with a low stair, and a projecting cylindrical tower with vertical windows and crenellated top. A corbelled parapet runs along the façades; the building sits behind a broad forecourt opening onto a surrounding park.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1580.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Château de Montaigne — including 1 interior: round library (interior). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Château de Montaigne with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1580 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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