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French Château d'Esclimont listed for €16 million
The Château d'Esclimont is for sale for €16 million in France's Centre-Val de Loire region, about an hour from Paris.
The Renaissance château dates to 1543, when it was built on the remains of a medieval fortress.
It later passed through the hands of French noble families and became a luxury hotel in 1981, before closing in 2018.
The estate has 56 rooms and covers about 600,000 square metres, with gardens, lakes, a moat and historic outbuildings.
The property has also featured in films, including the 1961 adaptation of *The Count of Monte Cristo*.
A building permit allows for 17 private villas in the estate's gardens, offering a possible development alongside the historic building.
The château is now back on the market, but no buyer or sale date is stated.
Château d'Esclimont in France is on the market for €16 million.
The Renaissance château is in the Centre-Val de Loire region, about an hour from Paris.
The property includes a main building with about 5,000 square metres and 56 rooms, on an estate of about 600,000 square metres.
It operated as a luxury hotel from 1981 until it closed in 2018.
The estate has appeared in several films and has permission for 17 private villas in its gardens.
- Who
- The owner is not stated. The property is being offered for sale.
- What
- Château d'Esclimont has been listed for €16 million.
- When
- The listing was reported on 4 November 2026.
- Where
- Centre-Val de Loire, France, about an hour from Paris.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Archbishop Étienne Poncher of Tours ordered the château to be built on the remains of a medieval fortress.
The property passed to Claude de Bullion, finance minister to Louis XIII.
The building became a luxury hotel.
Hotel chain Grandes Étapes Françaises sold the estate for €35 million to investor Changlin Yang.
The hotel closed.
The château was reported on the market for €16 million.
- Asking price
- €16 million
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Main building
- About 5,000 square metres and 56 rooms
- Estate
- About 600,000 square metres
- Construction permission
- 17 private villas in the gardens
- Hotel closure
- 2018