page_title: Château d'Essalois
section_title: Current restoration
hierarchical_section_title: Château d'Essalois / History / Current restoration
caption_attribution_description: English: Chateau of Essalois (Loire, France). Français&#160;: Château d'Essalois (Loire, France).
context_page_description: The Château d'Essalois is a restored castle in the commune of Chambles in the Loire département of France, overlooking a dammed portion of the Loire River, Lake Grangent.
context_section_description: In 1976, the Syndicat Mixte d’Aménagement des gorges de la Loire (seven communes bordering the Grangent Lake) and the département of the Loire acquired the Château d'Essalois. From 1983, restoration continued under the direction of Gilles Michelou, with the assistance of Mr. Lazar, architect of Bâtiments de France.
  The castle, by its size and its position, occupies one of the strong points of the Gorges of the Loire. Its tower offers a splendid view of the landscape, including the Grangent lake and the Château de Grangent below.
caption: The Château's hilltop location.
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