What is Château de Chaumont?
[[File:Chateau de Chaumont, 2008.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{center|Château de Chaumont in 2008}}]] The '''Château de Chaumont''' (or '''Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire''') is a [[castle]] in [[Chaumont-sur-Loire]], [[Loir-et-Cher]], France. The castle was [[wikt:found|found]]ed in the [[10th century]] by [[Odo I, Count of Blois]].<ref>Litellus Russell Muirhead; Ernest Benn, ''North-Western France'' (London: E. Benn, 1958), p. 329</ref> It is located on top of a hill overlooking the [[Loire River]].<ref name=GCF>[https://www.gocampfrance.co.uk/destination/les-alicourts Les Alicourts Resort] Days out and sightseeing </ref> It was built to protect the [[border]]s between [[Blois]] and [[Anjou]].<ref name=GCF/> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} {{europe-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaumont, Chateau de}} [[Category:Castles in France]] [[Category:10th-century buildings and structures]]