Chateau d'angers is located in the French Department of Maine and Loire. The castle is located in the same city and stands on the river Maine. During the Roman Empire, the Roman fortifications.

In the IX century the bishops of Angers allowed the counts of Anjou to build the castle. In the XII century, the area became part of the continental lands of England, controlled at the time of the Plantagenet dynasty. In 1204 the French king Philip II conquered the County of Anjou and Angers castle was enlarged during the Regency Blanca of Castile, the mother of king St. Louis IX. This rebuilding of the castle that took place in 1234, was worth more than 4 thousand French livres. In 1246, Louis gave the castle to his brother, Charles of Anjou, king of Sicily.

In 1352, king John II the Good was transferred to the Chateau d'angers his younger son Louis I of Anjou, who rebuilt the castle again. At the same time in the castle appeared its main value is the series of tapestries representing scenes of Revelation, known as "the Apocalypse d'angers". These tapestries were ordered by the Paris court weaver Nicolas Bataille in 1373, and the sketches were created by Dutch artist Jean de Bandolim.

In 1405-1412, the son of Louis I, Louis II of Anjou was attached to the castle's Royal apartments and the chapel. This chapel was called Holy, because it holds one of the relics of the passion of Christ – a fragment of the cross on which Jesus was crucified was the Christ. The relic was acquired by the French king Louis IX the Saint.

At the beginning of the XV century in Angers castle, took refuge young Dauphin Charles, the future king Charles VII of France. In 1562 during the reign of Catherine de Medici Chateau d'angers again took the form of an impregnable fortress, but a few years later, during the reign of her son king Henry III tower and the castle walls were greatly reduced in size, and the remaining stone went on building and strengthening the city of Angers. However, Chateau d'angers was able to withstand numerous attacks by troops of the Huguenots, as the king had built the castle guard post and installed on the towers artillery.
Chateau d'angers was able to prove its defensive significance and several centuries later – in the late eighteenth century the thick walls of the castle withstood a long cannon fire during the Grand rebellion.

Then in Angers castle was a military Academy for officers, where, for example, was trained by the great English commander Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, known for his victory over Napoleon Bonaparte at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Throughout its history Chateau d'angers was never captured by enemy troops, but he was seriously destroyed during the Second world war – was blown up an ammunition dump. And in 2009 due to a short circuit in the castle suffered a fire burned part of the roof, suffered valuable tomes from the Royal apartments.

Nowadays the castle is owned by the city of Angier. Open for viewing parts of the ramparts, the chapel and the gallery of tapestries "the Apocalypse d'angers". You can also climb the tower Mill and admire top city views.