Porte du Château
Porte du Château is a city gate in Ainay-le-Vieil, Arrondissement of Saint-Claude, Centre-Val de Loire. Porte du Château is situated nearby to the castle Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil, as well as near the garden Parterre des broderies.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil and Église Saint-Martin d’Ainay-le-Vieil.
Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil
Castle
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Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil is a 14th-century castle built on the grounds of an earlier 12th-century castle in Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France. After having bought the castle from Jacques Cœur, Charles de Bigny built a pre-Renaissance Louis XII-style chateaux from 1500 to 1505.
Église Saint-Martin d’Ainay-le-Vieil
Church
Photo: Julien Descloux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Martin d’Ainay-le-Vieil is a church, which is situated 270 metres southeast of Porte du Château.
Pont-canal de la Tranchasse
Breakwater
Photo: Julien Descloux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pont-canal de la Tranchasse is a breakwater, which is situated 1½ km north of Porte du Château.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lételon and Drevant.
Lételon
Village
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Lételon is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Lételon is situated 3 km southeast of Porte du Château.
Drevant
Village
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Drevant is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Drevant is situated 3½ km northwest of Porte du Château.
Saint-Amand-Montrond
Town
Saint-Amand-Montrond is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France and the historical province of Bourbonnais about 26 miles southeast of Bourges, in the basin of the eastern banks of the Cher which separates it from the commune of Orval. Saint-Amand-Montrond is situated 7 km northwest of Porte du Château.
Porte du Château
- Type: City gate
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ainay-le-Vieil, Arrondissement of Saint-Claude, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.668° or 46° 40′ 5″ northLongitude
2.55016° or 2° 33′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8FR4MH92+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 1484626915OpenStreetMap feature
building=historicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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