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| Sully-sur-Loire | ||
| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
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| Residents | 5.286 (2018) | |
| height | 119 m | |
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Sully-sur-Loire is a french City with 5,440 inhabitants (as of Jan. 2013) in the department Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire.
background
The municipality is located on the left bank of the Loire, the bed of which is particularly wide and flat here. That is why there was a ford here as early as the early Middle Ages, and a bridge over the river since the 10th century. The bridge was destroyed and rebuilt several times in the following centuries. Sully-sur-Loire is best known for its castle. The place often serves as a starting point for tours to the Castles of the Loire.
getting there
By plane
By train
By bus
In the street
- To Orleans, located about 45 km northwest, about the D 951
- Gien is about 25 km southeast, also about the D 951
By boat
The Loire is only navigable for small boats in this section of the river.
By bicycle
- Loire cycle path
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The lock
The Castle of Sully is right on the banks of the Loire - it used to be almost in the middle of the river. Therefore, the moat is particularly wide and widened to a pond behind the castle. The facility was built or rebuilt between the 14th and 17th centuries. The oldest part of the complex is the high one facing the Loire Donjon, which is bordered by thick round towers at the corners. In the largest room of the castle, the hall of honor on the first floor of the donjon, left Voltaire perform his tragedy "Artémise" when he, banished from Paris, found refuge in Sully.
Particularly worth seeing is the roof structure of the donjon, which is considered to be one of the most beautifully crafted and beautiful that have been preserved from the Middle Ages.
With the conversion of the castle from 1602 onwards from a defensive system to a representative castle Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully was accompanied by the growing Italian influence, which gradually replaced the Gothic sense of form.
The castle has been owned by the Loiret department since 1962 and is used as a museum.
- 1 Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Chemin de la Salle Verte (Loiret). Tel.: 33 2 38 36 36 86. Open: July and Aug open daily, Sept-June closed on Mondays.Price: Admission adults € 7.
miscellaneous
- 2 Église Saint-Germain
- 3 Collégiale Saint-Ythier, 16./17. Century, beautiful stained glass windows
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
- Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire with the famous Benedictine abbey, one of the main works of Romanesque in France.
- Germigny-des-Prés with its Carolingian church.
literature
Web links
http://www.sully-sur-loire.fr - Official website of Sully-sur-Loire
