The Castle History :
The headland which dominates Maine is used since the oldest times as point of defence more particularly to protect the area from the attacks and invasions coming from the west. Indeed with the IX Th century the Francs must be kept against the incursions of Breton initially then the Norman ones then. The first Counts d' Anjou was installed in a building located close to current Cathedral Maurice Saint and the Bishops at the site of current Château. In July 851 the Normans threaten the city and the Dudon Bishop exchanges the buildings of his Bishopric with those of the Count. It is from there that the Counts build the first medieval fortress.
Established on a Gallo-Roman site and around the dwelling of the first counts d' Anjou, the castle of Angers is a remarkable example of the defensive architecture of the middle Ages the fortress Angevine was built by Saint-Louis in 1230. Powerful of its 17 turns, the castle presents at the glances an astonishing silhouette. Thus its famous towers were built in an alternation of schist and tuffeau.
In 1204 the King of France Philippe August seizes Anjou at the expense of King of England John without Earth. With the death of King de France Louis VIII the Lion, certain Feudal conduits by the Duke Pierre of Brittany benefit from the minority of Louis IX and revolt against the Regent White of Castile. It is following these events that the enormous fortress is built whose turns still remain, it shelters royal troops ready to intervene.