Château de Tiffauges
The Château de Tiffauges is a medieval castle situated in the French commune of Tiffauges in the Vendée département. The castle is also known as the Château de Barbe-bleu after its most famous resident, Gilles de Rais, known as Barbe-bleue.Photo: Jibi44, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle
- Also known as: “Château de Barbe bleue” and “Chateau de Tiffauges”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle du château de Tiffauges and Église Notre-Dame de Tiffauges.
Église Notre-Dame de Tiffauges
Church
Photo: Dydy02, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Notre-Dame de Tiffauges is a church, which is situated 300 metres southeast of Château de Tiffauges.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes de Torfou
Church
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes de Torfou is a church, which is situated 2½ km north of Château de Tiffauges.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tiffauges and Torfou.
Tiffauges
Village
Photo: Jibi44, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiffauges is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Torfou
Village
Photo: Llann Wé², CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torfou is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Inhabitants of Torfou are known as Torfousiens and Torfousiennes.
Les Landes-Genusson
Village
Photo: Llann Wé², CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Landes-Genusson is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Les Landes-Genusson is situated 6 km south of Château de Tiffauges.
Château de Tiffauges
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Tiffauges, Arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.01656° or 47° 0′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.11473° or 1° 6′ 53″ westElevation
71 metres (233 feet)Open location code
8CVW2V8P+J4OpenStreetMap ID
way 674198661OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12148844Wikidata ID
Q841527
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Château de Tiffauges” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chateau de Tiffauges”
- Dutch: “Château de Tiffauges”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Tiffauges”
- French: “chateau de Tiffauges”
- French: “château de Tiffauges”
- French: “Château de Tiffauges”
- Italian: “Castello di Tiffauges”
- Korean: “티포주성”
- Turkish: “Tiffauges Kalesi”
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