Château du Bois-Cornillé, Val-d´Izé, France

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Frédérique GRAVEZ (5 months ago)
Beautiful and very well maintained park. What can we say about the welcome on a “Heritage Days” weekend? Although announced, no possibility of visiting anything in the castle...apart from the winter garden (that is to say go into this room to pay 6€ for the free visit of the park: the same price as the rest of the year "minimum" welcome from the chatelaine.

Camille Quéru (5 months ago)
The parc is great and well preserved! The view is beautiful. A very nice place to go if you like nature and want to relax.

Jerome (5 months ago)
Superb castle nestled in lush greenery. Discovering the wooded and flowery park is ideal for relaxing. Allow 1h30 for the visit to enjoy all the little architectural and landscape surprises of this site. We were very kindly received.

J J DUFOUR (2 years ago)
Very nice place with a very nice park entrance 5 € to enjoy a 2 hour walk with a plan, part of the French garden and the rest rather in English Two ponds, one with very big fish and lots of pretty things to do.

Michel Passemard (2 years ago)
Visit 2 people including 1 blind person. The unfriendly hostess refuses to apply 1 reduction. But only give 1 flyer! We discover that the castle cannot be visited. The park, rather 1 meadow and at the end of the forest. All the surrounding villages are flowery, the park practically nothing. Large trees have no name signs. We have better things to do in the area for more pleasant and free walks

Church of St Donatus

The Church of St Donatus name refers to Donatus of Zadar, who began construction on this church in the 9th century and ended it on the northeastern part of the Roman forum. It is the largest Pre-Romanesque building in Croatia.

The beginning of the building of the church was placed to the second half of the 8th century, and it is supposed to have been completed in the 9th century. The Zadar bishop and diplomat Donat (8th and 9th centuries) is credited with the building of the church. He led the representations of the Dalmatian cities to Constantinople and Charles the Great, which is why this church bears slight resemblance to Charlemagne's court chapels, especially the one in Aachen, and also to the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. It belongs to the Pre-Romanesque architectural period.

The circular church, formerly domed, is 27 m high and is characterised by simplicity and technical primitivism.

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