Château de Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, Medieval castle in Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, France

Château de Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine is a medieval castle situated on a circular hill in the town center, displaying walls and towers built during different eras. The structure combines stone fortifications with earlier defensive features, representing layers of construction spanning multiple centuries.

A wooden defensive tower was built here around the year 1000 under Angevin rule. In the early 1200s, stone structures replaced the wooden fortifications and established the form that survives today.

The castle is also called château des Rohan, a name that recalls the later lords associated with the site. Today it houses a maison du patrimoine, a heritage centre where visitors can learn about the fortress and the town. The building was listed as a monument historique in 1926, and its entrance tower was listed separately in 1936.

The entrance tower is round, built of lighter ashlar blocks and topped by a tall grey conical slate roof, with four small square openings stacked vertically. The castle stands on a circular promontory in the historic centre, about 50 m north-east of the Sainte-Maure-Sainte-Britte church. The site now houses a maison du patrimoine.

The castle now houses a maison du patrimoine, a heritage centre. Its entrance tower received its own monument historique inscription in 1936, ten years after the whole building was listed in 1926. The round tower visible in views of the complex is this entrance tower.