Château de Pouzauges

The château de Pouzauges is a former fortress, now ruined, whose remains stand in the commune of Pouzauges, in the Vendée. Built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by the viscounts of Thouars, then dismantled by Du Guesclin in 1372, it is a fine example of military architecture of Bas-Poitou. Listed as a historic monument, it overlooks the town.

It is dominated by its majestic twelfth-century keep, more than 25 metres high, one of the twelve towers making up the curtain wall. Catherine de Thouars, wife of the famous Gilles de Rais, lived there. The climb to the top of the keep offers an extensive panorama over the Vendée bocage.

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