The Château de Ballon is a historic castle in
Ballon,
Sarthe
Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...
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Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...
, France.
History
The castle was built in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Architectural significance
It has been listed as an
official monument since 1923.
See also
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Wynebald de Ballon
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Hamelin de Ballon
References
Châteaux in Sarthe
Monuments historiques of Sarthe
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