page_title: Culan
section_title: Sights
hierarchical_section_title: Culan / Sights
caption_attribution_description: La départementale 943 à Culan - Photo amateur prise par moi-même
context_page_description: Culan is a commune in the Cher département in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
  It is best known for its 12th-15th century medieval castle, the Château de Culan, one of the oldest castles still occupied in the world. The castle has beautiful medieval gardens and it is open to visitors every day from Easter until November.
context_section_description: The church of St. Vincent, dating from the seventeenth century
  The castle
  A watermill
  A nineteenth-century viaduct
caption: The village of Culan
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