Château de Montreuil-Bellay

The first castle was built in the eleventh century by Foulques Nerra, Count of Anjou, on the foundations of what was a Roman Oppidum.The Château, as we see it today, was constructed between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. The end of the Hundred Years War put an end to the English influence. The architecture of the château evolved in a distinctive manner; the austere fortress built for defensive purposes then became a large country pile. It is an excellent testimony to the arrival of Renaissance Humanism.