Château de Courcy
The Château de Courcy is a ruined castle in the commune of Courcy in the south of the Calvados département of France. The edifice, typical of 12th–13th century military architecture, is in danger due to the lack of protective measures, even since being added to the monument historique inventory by the French Ministry of Culture in 1975.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: ruined castle in Normandy, France
- Also known as: “Chateau de Courcy” and “Château-fort de Courcy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Courcy and Château de Louvagny.
Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Courcy
Place of worship
Photo: Pradigue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Courcy is a place of worship, which is situated 230 metres west of Château de Courcy.
Château de Louvagny
Castle
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Château de Louvagny is a castle, which is situated 2½ km south of Château de Courcy.
Château de Vendeuvre
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The Château de Vendeuvre is situated in the commune of Vendeuvre, near to Lisieux in Normandy. Classed as a Historic Monument both for its exterior and interior, Vendeuvre is a prototypical aristocratic Norman country house. Château de Vendeuvre is situated 3½ km northwest of Château de Courcy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tôtes and Lieury.
Tôtes
Village
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Tôtes is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Château de Courcy.
Lieury
Village
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Lieury is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Château de Courcy.
Louvagny
Village
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Louvagny is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Louvagny is situated 2½ km south of Château de Courcy.
Château de Courcy
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Courcy, Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.97118° or 48° 58′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.0407° or 0° 2′ 27″ westInception
11th centuryOpen location code
8CWXXXC5+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 749406436OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2969062
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In Other Languages
“Château de Courcy” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Courcy”
- French: “Château de Courcy”
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Highlights include Mairie de Courcy and Église Saint-Paterne de Lieury.
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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 “Château de Courcy”. Photo: Pradigue, CC BY-SA 3.0.