Carmes Castle
Carmes Castle is a building located in La Flèche in the Sarthe department. Established as a fortress in the mid-11th century, it was transformed by the Carmelites in the 17th century, who set up their convent there, and then became a private dwelling after the Revolution.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Sarthe, France
- Also known as: “Chateau des Carmes” and “Château des Carmes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salle Coppélia and Église Saint-Thomas de La Flèche.
Salle Coppélia
Theater building
Photo: HubertduMaine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salle Coppélia is a theater building.
Église Saint-Thomas de La Flèche
Church
Photo: Skouame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Thomas de La Flèche is a church, which is situated 340 metres north of Carmes Castle.
Place Henri-IV
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Place Henri-IV is situated 390 metres north of Carmes Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Flèche and Cré-sur-Loir.
La Flèche
Town
Photo: Skouame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Flèche is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most populous city of the department.
Cré-sur-Loir
Village
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Cré-sur-Loir is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Bazouges Cré sur Loir. Its population was 758 in 2022. Cré-sur-Loir is situated 7 km west of Carmes Castle.
Clefs
Village
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Clefs is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. In January 2013 it merged with Vaulandry to form the commune of Clefs-Val d'Anjou, which merged into the commune Baugé-en-Anjou on 1 January 2016. Its population was 1,064 in 2022. Clefs is situated 8 km south of Carmes Castle.
Carmes Castle
- Categories: château, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: La Flèche, Arrondissement of La Flèche, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.69591° or 47° 41′ 45″ northLongitude
-0.07473° or 0° 4′ 29″ westElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
8CVXMWWG+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 135013874OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
12156705Wikidata ID
Q15944412
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Carmes Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “莱卡尔姆城堡”
- French: “château des Carmes”
- French: “Château des Carmes”
- French: “Château de La Flèche” (historical)
- Irish: “château des Carmes”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carmes Castle”. Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 4.0.