Château de Gallerande

Of the old 12th-century fortress, the Château de Gallerande, in the Sarthe, has kept the south façade and the two towers on either side. During the Hundred Years' War it was occupied by the English and retaken in 1427.

In the Renaissance, Louis II de Clermont-Gallerande had mullioned windows opened in the thick walls of the fortress. The building was altered in the 19th century, and the Italian-inspired gardens were created in 1950 by Mademoiselle Anne de Ruillé.

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