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Château de Vaulogé

château in Pays de la Loire, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ5118857 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Château de Vaulogé is a château in Fercé-sur-Sarthe near Le Mans in the Sarthe department of France.

History

It was built in the 15th century by Jean III de Vaulogé. In the late 18th century, René-Charles-Joseph de Vahais, a descendant of the original owner, renovated the castle into a country house.

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The public source identifies “Château de Vaulogé” as château in Pays de la Loire, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Château, Vaulogé and château.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5118857. Authority coordinates are 47.892, -0.049. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Château de Vaulogé” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.