The Château de Saumur is located in Saumur in the Maine-et-Loire departement in the région Pays de Loire.
From Paris Montparnasse is 4hours by train to Saumur, with 1 changes in Angers.
The castle serves for The museum of the decorative arts and the Museum of the Horse. The castle has a dungeon and watchtower.
The castle was constructed in the 10th century.
Saumur castle was used as a prison between the 17th and 18th century: objectors to the regime who were imprisoned without trial then war prisoners from the 1780s onwards (mainly British sailors).
