Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: April—September 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Email: accueil@chateau-ainaylevieil.fr
- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval cobblestone castle in France
- Address: 7 Rue du Château
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Martin d’Ainay-le-Vieil and Pont-canal de la Tranchasse.
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 310 metres southeast of Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil.
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 Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil.
Drevant amphitheatre
Archaeological site
Photo: KoS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drevant amphitheatre is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lételon and Drevant.
Lételon
Village
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lételon is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Lételon is situated 3 km southeast of Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil.
Drevant
Village
Photo: KoS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drevant is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Drevant is situated 3½ km northwest of Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil.
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 Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil.
Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil
- Categories: château, 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
46.66817° or 46° 40′ 5″ northLongitude
2.54977° or 2° 32′ 59″ eastInception
14th centuryOpen location code
8FR4MG9X+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 256993781OpenStreetMap feature
building=historicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1318314
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Zámek Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Ainay-le-Vieil”
- French: “château d’Ainay-le-Vieil”
- French: “Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil”
- German: “Schloss Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Hebrew: “טירת אינא-לה-ויי”
- Irish: “château d’Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Italian: “castello di Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Italian: “Castello di Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Polish: “Zamek Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Polish: “Zamek w Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Russian: “Замок Эне-ле-Вьей”
- Russian: “Эне-ле-Вьей”
- Slovak: “Zámok Ainay-le-Vieil”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Ainay-Le-Vieil”
- Turkish: “Ainay-le-Vieil Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Porte du Château and Parterre des broderies.
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