Château de Chamerolles, Renaissance castle in Chilleurs-aux-Bois, France.
Château de Chamerolles is a castle built with red brick walls, symmetrical towers, and open galleries, positioned at the edge of the Orléans forest. Water bodies surround the building, which retains the layout of a grand residential dwelling from its construction era.
Lancelot I du Lac, chamberlain to King Louis XII, built this castle between 1500 and 1530 on foundations of a medieval fortress. The new construction replaced the older structure and marked the shift toward a Renaissance residence.
The Promenade des Parfums exhibition shows how bathing habits and fragrance use changed from the 1500s to today. Walking through the rooms, you discover what people actually did and how these customs shifted over centuries.
The castle sits roughly 45 minutes north of Orléans and welcomes visitors through guided tours, with parking for both cars and buses. The property also has a shop and spaces available for private events.
During restoration work, Protestant inscriptions were found in the former chapel. These discoveries reveal that people of different faiths lived and worshipped inside the castle.
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