Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume

Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume — Château in Sillé-le-Guillaume (Sarthe) classé Monument Historique (listed) in 1889 under the French Heritage Act.

Identification & Protection

Mérimée reference

This monument is referenced in the French architectural heritage database (Mérimée) under the identifier PA00109970. Full archival records are published by the Ministère de la Culture at pop.culture.gouv.fr.

Protection status

The building is classé Monument Historique (listed) (since 1889), the highest French-law category for heritage immeubles.

Château : classement par liste de 1889

Ownership

Current legal status: propriété de la commune.

Location & Access

Commune and département

Located in Sillé-le-Guillaume, Sarthe, within the Pays de la Loire region of France.

Coordinates

GPS coordinates: 48.1850°N, -0.1265°E (WGS 84).

Nearby protected sites

Monument	Commune	Protected
Hôtel de Courcival de Le Mans	Le Mans	1926
Eglise de Lombron	Lombron	1973
Presbytère (ancien) de Domfront-en-Champagne	Domfront-en-Champagne	1992
Château de Semur-en-Vallon	Semur-en-Vallon	1927
Eglise Saint-Martin de Saint-Martin-des-Monts	Saint-Martin-des-Monts	2015

Loire Context

Relative significance

Among the most recently protected sites of the département — typically 20th- or 21st-century inscriptions.

UNESCO landscape

The Loire Valley is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2000 as a cultural landscape. Read the anchor page: Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume located?

Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume is located in the commune of Sillé-le-Guillaume (Sarthe).

When was Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume protected?

It was classé Monument Historique (listed) in 1889 under the French Heritage Act, with reference PA00109970 in the Mérimée database.

Data source: Ministère de la Culture — base Mérimée (data.culture.gouv.fr). Last updated: April 14, 2026.