En un regard
Le château en bref
Château de Baugé stands at the heart of Baugé-en-Anjou, in the Maine-et-Loire département. A first fortress was built there in 1007 by Fulk III Nerra, Count of Anjou. Yolande of Aragon began a new castle on the site in the 15th century, but the building was set on fire during the Hundred Years' War so that it would not fall into English hands. Her son, King René, Duke of Anjou and a keen huntsman, had it rebuilt from 1454 as a pleasure residence, a veritable palace. Built of rubble limestone and sandstone, the château is distinguished by its grand staircase, covered by a palm vault unique in Anjou and decorated with armorial keystones. Abandoned after 1480, it housed the mounted gendarmerie from 1806, and opened to the public in 2003.