List of castles in France
Encyclopedia
This is a list of castle
s in France
, arranged by Region
and Department.
Notes:
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Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
s in France
France
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, arranged by Region
Régions of France
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and Department.
Notes:
- The French word châteauChâteauA château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...
has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English. This list focuses primarily on architectural entities that may be properly termed castle or fortress , and excludes entities not built around a substantial older castle that is still evident. - Occasionally, where there is not a specific article on a castle, links are given to another article that includes details, typically an article on a town.
- Italics indicate links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
- If no article appears in either English or French Wikipedias, a link is given to an external website.
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Alsace
Bas-RhinBas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
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Andlau
Château d'Andlau
The Château d'Andlau is a medieval castle in the commune of Andlau, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.- History :Constructed on a narrow granite outcrop at an altitude of 451 m , the Haut-Andlau dominates the valleys of Andlau and Kirneck. The castle was built from granite blocks, very...
Bernstein
Château du Bernstein
The Château du Bernstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Dambach-la-ville, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is situated at an altitude of 557m ....
Birkenfels
Château du Birkenfels
The Château du Birkenfels is a ruined castle in the commune of Ottrott in the French département of Bas-Rhin. It is surrounded by the Obernai Forest.-History:...
Dreistein
Château de Dreistein
The Château de Dreistein is a ruined castle in the commune of Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is, in fact, three separate castles built on rocky promontories, hence the name drei Stein, "three castles" in medieval German....
Fleckenstein
Château du Fleckenstein
Château du Fleckenstein is a castle in the commune of Lembach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. This fortress, built in the shape of 52 m long boat, has a long history. The castle was built on a sandstone summit in the Middle Ages...
Frankenbourg
Château du Frankenbourg
Château du Frankenbourg is a ruined medieval château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France....
Freudeneck
Château du Freudeneck
Château du Freudeneck is a ruined medieval castle situated in the commune of Wangenbourg-Engenthal in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France.-History:...
Frœnsbourg
Château de Frœnsbourg
Château de Frœnsbourg is a ruined French castle north west of the town of Lembach, within the Bas-Rhin département. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture...
Grand-Geroldseck
Château du Grand-Geroldseck
The Château du Grand-Geroldseck is a ruined medieval castle situated in the commune of Haegen in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France...
Greifenstein
Château de Greifenstein
The Château de Greifenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Saverne in the Bas-Rhin département of France. Property of the state, it has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-History:...
Guirbaden
Château de Guirbaden
The Château de Guirbaden is a ruined castle in the commune of Mollkirch in the Bas-Rhin département of France.It is situated in the Guirbaden forest, near the village of Mollkirch on the left bank of the Magel River, at an altitude of 565 m. The castle covers a larger area than any other in Alsace...
Hagelschloss
Château du Hagelschloss
The Château du Hagelschloss is a ruined castle in the commune of Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It was constructed in the 13th century....
Haut-Barr or Hohbarr
Haut-Kœnigsbourg
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg
The château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg is located at Orschwiller, Alsace, France, in the Vosges mountains just west of Sélestat. The castle is nestled at a strategic location on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain; as a result it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty...
Herrenstein
Château de Herrenstein
The Château de Herrenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Neuwiller-lès-Saverne in the Bas-Rhin département of France.- History :...
Hohenbourg
Château de Hohenbourg
The Château de Hohenbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wingen, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.-History:The Pullers appeared in 1236, calling themselves from 1262 the Pullers of Hohenbourg. According to T...
Hohenfels
Château de Hohenfels
The Château de Hohenfels is a castle situated in the commune of Dambach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.- History :The castle was built at the end of the 13th century and recorded in a document for the first time in 1293...
Hohenstein
Château de Hohenstein
The Château de Hohenstein is a ruined castle situated on the road between Oberhaslach and Wangenbourg, not far from the Château du Nideck, in the commune of Oberhaslach in the Bas-Rhin département of France....
Kagenfels
Château de Kagenfels
The Château de Kagenfels is a ruined castle situated in the Forest of Obernai,in the commune of Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin département of France...
Kintzheim
Château de Kintzheim
Château de Kintzheim is a castle in Kintzheim, Bas-Rhin, France dating from the 12th century. The ruins of the château dominate the village of Kintzheim.-History:Kintzheim was known in the 6th century under the name of Regis Villa....
Landsberg
Château du Landsberg
Château du Landsberg is a ruined château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 12th century....
Lichtenberg
Château de Lichtenberg
The Château de Lichtenberg is a castle built on a singular prominence in the northern Vosges in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France....
Lœwenstein
Château de Lœwenstein
Château de Lœwenstein is a ruined château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 12th century.- External links :*...
Lutzelbourg
Château de Lutzelbourg
The Château de Lutzelbourg is a ruined medieval castle, above the town of Ottrott, in the Bas-Rhin department of eastern France .-History:The castles of Ottrott were built on the plateau of Elsberg about 500 metres in height...
Lutzelhardt
Château de Lutzelhardt
The Château de Lutzelhardt is a 13th century castle in the commune of Obersteinbach in the Bas-Rhin département, France. It is remarkable in that parts of it are actually built into the rock .-History:...
Nideck
Château du Nideck
The Château du Nideck is a ruined castle located in the commune of Oberhaslach in the Bas-Rhin département of France.-History:Situated on the heights of the road from Oberhaslach to Wangenbourg, the castle was first mentioned in a charter in 1264, as the property of sire Bourckard, burgrave of...
Oberhof
Oberhof (château)
Oberhof is a ruined château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 12th century....
Ochsenstein
Château d'Ochsenstein
Ochsenstein Castle is a ruined fort located in the French commune Reinhardsmunster, in the Bas-Rhin department . It was home to the Ochsenstein, a powerful family from Medieval Alsace...
Osthoffen
Château d'Osthoffen
Château d'Osthoffen is a château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, located about 15 kilometres from Strasbourg. It is dated to the 13th century....
l'Ortenbourg
Château de l'Ortenbourg
Château de l'Ortenbourg is a ruined castle situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 13th century....
Petit-Arnsberg
Château du Petit-Arnsberg
Château du Petit-Arnsberg is a château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 14th-century....
Petite-Pierre
Château de La Petite-Pierre
The Château de la Petite-Pierre is a castle in the commune of La Petite-Pierre in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is the headquarters of the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord...
Petit-Geroldseck
Château du Petit-Geroldseck
Château du Petit-Geroldseck is a ruined château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 13th century....
Ramstein
Château de Ramstein (Bas-Rhin)
The Château de Ramstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Scherwiller, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. Its name is probably derived from the German Ram and Stein and signifies 'rock of the crow'....
Ringelstein (Grand)
Château du Grand Ringelstein
The Château du Grand Ringelstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Oberhaslach in the Bas-Rhin département of France....
Ringelstein (Petit)
Château du Petit-Ringelstein
The Château du Petit-Ringelstein is a ruined fortress in the commune of Oberhaslach in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is sited on a small summit that it surrounds with its enceinte constructed of dry stone walls.- Access :Access to the ruins is possible using the paths provided by the Club...
la Roche
Château de la Roche Bellefosse
Château de la Roche Bellefosse is a ruined château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 13th century....
Rohan (Mutzig)
Château des Rohan (Mutzig)
The Château des Rohan is a former castle and weapons factory now serving as a museum and cultural centre in the French town of Mutzig, Bas-Rhin, Alsace. The castle, whose structure goes back to the 13th century, belonged to several families of noblemen and bishops of Strasbourg before being turned...
Salm
Château de Salm
Château de Salm is a ruined château situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It began construction in 1205 and was completed around 1400.The château's ruins have had the title of historic monument since December 6th, 1898.-History:...
Schœneck
Château de Schœneck
The Château de Schœneck is a castle situated in the commune of Dambach, in the French département of Bas-Rhin.- History:The castle, probably built at the end of the 13th century, is on a rocky crest at an altitude of 380 m. It was certainly built at the instigation of the Hohenstaufens for hunting...
Spesbourg
Château de Spesbourg
The Château de Spesbourg is a castle that dominates the valley above the village of Andlau, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.The castle was constructed between 1246 and 1250 by Alexander of Stahleck-Dicka, Vogt to Andlau Abbey. In 1386 it became the property of the family von Andlau...
Vieux-Windstein
Château du Vieux-Windstein
The Château du Vieux Windstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Windstein, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.-History:The first documented mention of the château de Windstein is dated 1205. It was built at the end of the 12th century by the Hohenstaufens to protect their imperial palace at...
Wangenbourg
Château de Wangenbourg
The Château de Wangenbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wangenbourg-Engenthal in the Bas-Rhin département of France.-Geographical situation:...
Wasenbourg
Wasigenstein
Château du Wasigenstein
The Château du Wasigenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Niedersteinbach in the Bas-Rhin département of France.- History :The site was first known as the centre of the German legend of Waltharius in the 10th century....
Wineck
Château de Wineck
The Château de Wineck is a ruined castle in the Wineckerthal quarter of the commune of Dambach in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It has been listed since 1985 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-History:...
Wittschloessel
Château de Wittschloessel
The Château de Wittschlœssel is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Dambach, in the French département of Bas-Rhin. The location, a place called Wittschlœssel, means small lock in German.- History :...
Haut-RhinHaut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin is a département of the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departements of Alsace, although is still densely populated compared to the rest of France.-Subdivisions:The department...
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Altkirch
Château d'Altkirch
The Château d'Altkirch was a castle, now destroyed, in the commune of Altkirch in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-History:...
Aspach-le-Haut
Echery
Three castles of Eguisheim (Dagsbourg, Weckmund and Wahlenbourg)
Ferrette
Château de Ferrette
The Château de Ferrette is a ruined castle in the commune of Ferrette in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It has been classified as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1842.-History:...
Girsberg
Château du Girsberg
The Château du Girsberg is one of three castles which dominates the commune of Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It stands at an altitude of 528 m.It was the Lords of Ribeaupierre who built the castle in the 13th century, then named Stein...
Haut-Ribeaupierre
Château du Haut-Ribeaupierre
The Château du Haut-Ribeaupierre is one of three castles which dominates the commune of Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin département of France. Situated at an altitude of 642 m, it dominates the other two.It is the oldest of the Ribeaupierre's castles, its existence being known from 1084...
Hohenack
Hohlandsbourg
Château du Hohlandsbourg
The Château de du Hohlandsbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wintzenheim, near Colmar, in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It is open to the public between Easter and 11 November.-History:...
Hugstein
Château du Hugstein
The Château du Hugstein is a ruined castle on the borders of the communes of Buhl and Guebwiller in the Haut-Rhin département of France.- History :...
Kaysersberg
Château de Kaysersberg
The Château de Kaysersberg is a ruined castle in the commune of Kaysersberg in the Haut-Rhin département of France.-History:The castle was built for Albin Woelflin, imperial bailiff for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, around 1220. The site was acquired in 1227 by the lords of Horbourg and...
Landskron
Meywhir
Morimont
Pflixbourg
Château de Pflixbourg
The Château du Pflixbourg is a castle in the Haut-Rhin département of France.The castle is listed as a Monument historique since 1968 by the French Ministry of Culture.-References:...
Saint-Léon
Saint-Ulrich
Château de Saint-Ulrich
The Château de Saint-Ulrich is one of three castles which dominates the commune of Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin département of France...
Wildenstein
Château de Wildenstein
The Château de Wildenstein is a ruined castle in the Alsace region of France, situated in the commune of Kruth in the Haut-Rhin département.-History:...
Wineck
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Aquitaine
DordogneDordogne
Dordogne is a départment in south-west France. The départment is located in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire valley and the High Pyrénées named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it...
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Auberoche
Beynac
Château de Beynac
The Château de Beynac is a castle situated in the commune of Beynac-et-Cazenac, in the Dordogne département of France. The castle is one of the best-preserved and best-known in the region....
Beyssac
Biron
Château de Biron
The Château de Biron is a castle in the French commune of Biron in the valley of the Lède, a tributary of the Lot River in the département of Dordogne in Périgord, part of the region of Aquitaine.-History:...
Bourdeilles
Château de Bourdeilles
The Château de Bourdeilles is a castle located in the commune of Bourdeilles in the Dordogne département in France.The s in Bourdeilles was an administrative error until 1974, the original name of the village and château was known as Bourdeille...
Busset
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
The Château de Castelnaud is a medieval fortress in the commune of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, overlooking the Dordogne River in Périgord, southern France. It was erected to face its rival, the Château de Beynac.-History:...
Commarque
Château de Commarque
The Château de Commarque is a castle located between Sarlat and Les Eyzies, in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne département, southern France. It stands on a rocky outcrop in the valley of the river Beune.-History:...
Gageac
Château de Gageac
Gageac Castle is an ancient monument of the 12th/14th/18th centuries. It is located near Gageac-et-Rouillac in the Dordogne department in south-west France.-Location and early history:...
l'Herm
Jumilhac
Marqueyssac
Milandes
Montaigne
Château de Montaigne
The Château de Montaigne is a castle situated on the borders of Périgord and Bordelais, near Bergerac and Saint-Émilion, in the small commune of Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne in the Dordogne département of France...
Montfort
Château de Montfort
The Château de Montfort is a castle in the French commune of Vitrac in the Dordogne département, part of the region of Aquitaine.The castle clings to a promontory overlooking the Cingle de Montfort on the Dordogne River...
Montréal
Château de Montréal
The Château de Montréal is a château in the Dordogne department located near the commune of Issac, in southwestern France. It overlooks the valley of the Crempse River....
Puymartin
Château de Puymartin
The Château de Puymartin is a castle in the commune of Marquay, France, located between Sarlat and Les Eyzies , in the Dordogne department.-History:The castle was built during the 13th century. It was taken by the English in 1357...
Salignac
Château de Salignac
The Château de Salignac is the former castle of the Salignac-Fénelon family in the commune of Salignac-Eyvigues in the Dordogne département of France. It dates from the 12th-16th centuries....
GirondeGironde
For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...
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Blanquefort
la Brède
Château de la Brède
The Château de la Brède is a feudal castle in the commune of La Brède in the département of Gironde, France.The castle was built in the Gothic style starting in 1306, on the site of an earlier castle. It is surrounded by water-filled moats and an English garden, in the centre of a Bordelais vineyard...
Budos
Château de Budos
The Château de Budos is a ruined castle north of the village of Budos, in the Gironde département of France.-History:The Château de Budos is largely the work of Raymond Guilhem de Budos, nephew of Pope Clement V...
Cazeneuve
Curton
Château de Curton
Château de Curton is a castle located in the region Entre-deux-Mers in the department of Gironde in the commune of Daignac, and a Bordeaux winery producing wines classified as Bordeaux AOC...
Guilleragues
Château de Guilleragues
The Château de Guilleragues is a medieval, previously ruined but restored castle in the commune of Saint-Sulpice-de-Guilleragues in the Gironde département of France....
Hâ (Bordeaux)
Lagorce
Château Lagorce
The Château Lagorce is a castle in the commune of Haux in the département of Gironde, France.The Château acquired its name "Lagorce" or "The Great Gorce", from a type of vegetation which appeared at the beginning of the 16th century.- History :...
Rauzan
Roquetaillade
Château de Roquetaillade
The Château de Roquetaillade is a castle in Mazères , in the French département of Gironde.Charlemagne, on his way to the Pyrenees with Roland, built the first fortification there...
Villandraut
Château de Villandraut
The Château de Villandraut is a ruined castle in the commune of Villandraut in the Gironde département of France.The castle was built by Bertrand de Goth when he was elected Pope under the name of Clement V....
Landes (40)Labrit
Lacataye
Donjon Lacataye
The Donjon Lacataye is a the keep of a 14th century castle, constructed by order of Gaston Phébus in the commune of Mont-de-Marsan in the Landes département of France...
Montréal
Nolibos
Lot-et-GaronneLot-et-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.-History:Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Barbaste
Beauville
Bonaguil
Buzet
Cuzorn
Duras
Gavaudun
Château de Gavaudun
The Château de Gavaudun is a castle in the village of Gavaudun on the river Lède, near the Périgord noir region. It was built on a rocky spur and overhangs the river...
Lagrange-Monrepos
Nérac
Château de Nérac
The Château de Nérac is a castle in the Lot-et-Garonne département of France.The castle is classified as a Monument historique since 1862 by the French Ministry of Culture.-See also:*List of castles in France...
Sauveterre
Xaintrailles
Pyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
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Bellocq
Château de Bellocq
The ruins of the Château de Bellocq are in the commune of Bellocq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France.This Béarnaise fortress from the end of the 13th century consists of an irregular quadrilateral reinforced by seven towers, linked to the fortified house built in 1281. It was...
Belzunce
Bidache
Château-vieux
Labastide-Villefranche
Mauléon
Moncade
Montaner
Château de Montaner
The Château de Montaner is a castle in the commune of Montaner in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France.Thee castle was built in the 14th century on the orders of Gaston Fébus to protect the frontiers of Béarn with Bigorre and Armagnac...
Morlanne
Château de Morlanne
The Château de Morlanne is a restored castle in the commune of Morlanne in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France.This imposing brick fortress, forming a polygonal enceinte, is a powerful 14th century structure with gateways, a courtyard, moats and a high keep...
Pau
Château de Pau
The Château de Pau is a castle in the centre of Pau, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Béarn. King Henry IV of France and Navarre was born here on December 13, 1553....
Ruthie
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Auvergne
Allier
Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...
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Billy
Chouvigny
Château de Chouvigny
Château de Chouvigny is a castle at Chouvigny in the Sioule valley in the Allier département of France.-Sources:*...
Gannat
Château de Gannat
The Château de Gannat is a castle, now a museum, in the town of Gannat in the Allier département of France.-Description:With origins in the 12th century, the Château de Gannat is a typical 14th century defensive castle, built on a square plan flanked with four machicolated towers, linked by high...
la Lande
Château de la Lande
The Château de la Lande is a castle in Rocles in the Allier départment in the Auvergne Region of France.-History:Early in its history it was supposedly a possession or commandery of the Knights Templar. Among its later owners was the de Lichy de Lichy family.-External links: . Retrieved 11 June 2011...
Montgilbert
Château de Montgilbert
The Château de Montgilbert is a ruined medieval fortress located in the commune of Ferrières-sur-Sichon, 25 km to the south-east of Vichy in the Allier département of France.- Architecture :...
la Palice
Château de La Palice
The Château de La Palice is a castle in the commune of Lapalisse in the Allier département of the Auvergne région of France.- History :...
Thoury
CantalCantal
Cantal is a department in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department. Residents are known as Cantaliens or Cantalous....
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Alleuze
Château d'Alleuze
The Château d'Alleuze is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Alleuze, in the Cantal département of France.Built in the 13th century by the constables of Auvergne, it belonged to the bishops of Clermont. During the Hundred Years War it was seized for the English by Bernard de Garlan. For...
Anjony
Château d'Anjony
The Château d'Anjony is a castle in Tournemire in the Cantal département of France.-Description:The castle, built of reddish basalt, has been described as "one of the most remarkable castles in Upper Auvergne"...
Branzac
Château de Branzac
The Château de Branzac is a ruined 15th century castle in the commune of Pleaux in the Cantal département of France. A massive keep with corner towers, the castle is a picturesque ruin on the end of a promontory....
Carbonat
Celles
Conros
Château de Conros
The Château de Conros is a medieval castle, later heavily modified, situated in Arpajon-sur-Cère in the Cantal département of France. It was added to the list of monuments historiques by the French Ministry of Culture on 30 September 1991....
Couffour
Château de Couffour
The Château de Couffour is a ruined castle situated in the French commune of Chaudes-Aigues in the Cantal département.The original 15th century castle, with seven towers with conical roof, was witness to the importance of this place during the Hundred Years War. The present remains consist of a...
Crèvecœur
Pesteils
Réquistat
Val
Haute-LoireHaute-Loire
Haute-Loire is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.-History:Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Artias
Château d'Artias
The Château d'Artias is a castle in Retournac in the Haute-Loire département of France.-Sources:*...
Auzon
Château d'Auzon
The Château d'Auzon is a ruined 14th century castle in the commune of Auzon in the Haute-Loire département of France.-History:The first known lord, Bernard d'Auzon, was mentioned in 1078. During the French Wars of Religion, the castle was taken on the 22 September 1589 by the League forces of...
Beaufort
Chavaniac
Château de Chavaniac
The Château de Chavaniac is a fortified manor house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, in Auvergne, France....
Domeyrat
Château de Domeyrat
The château de Domeyrat is a castle of Auvergne. It is located in the commune of Domeyrat, in the Haute-Loire department of central France.It has been listed since 1983 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-History:...
Polignac
Rochebaron
Saint-Ilpize
Château de Saint-Ilpize
The Château de Saint-Ilpize is a ruined castle in the commune of Saint-Ilpize in the Haute-Loire département of France. The medieval town of Saint-Ilpize clings to a basalt rock on which stands the castle...
Puy-de-DômePuy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the centre of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme.Inhabitants were called Puydedomois until December 2005...
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Aulteribe
Château d'Aulteribe
The Château d'Aulteribe is a castle located in Sermentizon, in the Puy-de-Dôme département, Auvergne, central France.Built at the end of the Middle Ages, it was altered and restored in the second half of the 19th century. Many of the medieval-style features of the building were added at this time...
Bostfranchet
Château de Bostfranchet
The ruins of the Château de Bostfranchet can be found on the Bostfranchet estate in the Viverols canton of the Puy-de-Dôme département, France....
Château-Dauphin
Chazeron
Château de Chazeron
The Château de Chazeron is a castle situated in the commune of Loubeyrat in the French département of Puy-de-Dôme, north-west of Châtel-Guyon....
Cordès
Château de Cordès
The Château de Cordès is a castle situated at an altitude of 900m in the commune of Orcival, in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France. The château is privately owned, and open to the public...
Murol
Château de Murol
The Château de Murol is a castle overlooking the town of Murol in the département of Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne région, France.-History:The first castle was built on a basalt outcrop in the 12th century to provide surveillance over several roads...
Randan
Ravel
Château de Ravel
The Château de Ravel is a castle situated in the commune of Ravel, in the département of Puy-de-Dôme, France.The castle of Revel was begun by Bernard de Revel, noted in 1171. Purchased by Philip III of France in 1283, it was given by Philip IV to his future chancellor, Pierre Flotte...
Rocher
Château Rocher
Château Rocher is a French castle overlooking the Sioule river valley. It is located in the commune of Saint-Rémy-de-Blot in the Puy-de-Dôme département of the Auvergne région....
Viverols
Château de Viverols
The Château de Viverols is a castle in Viverols in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France.-Sources:*...
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Brittany
Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...
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Dinan
Château de Dinan
The Château de Dinan consists of a keep, in the town of Dinan, in the Côtes-d'Armor département of the Brittany region of France.The keep and the gate are part of the of medieval ramparts which still surround the old town....
Fort-la-Latte
Fort-la-Latte
Fort-la-Latte or Castle of La Latte is a castle located about 4 km southeast of Cap Fréhel and about 35 km west of Saint-Malo, in the commune of Fréhel, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France....
Le Guildo
La Hunaudaye
Montafilan
Pierre II (Guingamp)
La Roche-Jagu
Tonquédec
Château de Tonquédec
The Château de Tonquédec is a castle in Brittany, France, and one of the most visited monuments in the département of the Côtes d'Armor.One of the most impressive French medieval sites, this château-fort, stands in a pleasant green forested countryside about south of Lannion...
FinistèreFinistère
Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel...
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Bertheaume
Fort de Bertheaume
The Fort de Bertheaume is a fort in Plougonvelin, the Department of Finistère, France. It is located on an island, which is nowadays connected to the dry land by a footbridge...
Brest
Château de Brest
The Château de Brest is a castle in Brest, Finistère, France. The oldest monument in the town, it is located at the mouth of the river Penfeld at the heart of the roadstead of Brest, one of the largest roadsteads in the world...
Kérouzéré
Château de Kerouzéré
The Château de Kérouzéré is a 15th century Breton château in the commune of Sibiril in the Finistère département of France....
Rustéphan
Château de Rustéphan
The Château de Rustéphan is a small, ruined 15th-16th century manor-house in the Finistère département of France. It is located in the small rural town of Nizon, near Pont-Aven. It was erected by Jean Du Faou, chamberlain of France and grand seneschal of Brittany, who built the domaine in 1420....
Trémazan
Château de Trémazan
The Château de Trémazan is a ruined castle in the commune of Landunvez in the Finistère département of France. It is located below the coastal road, hidden from the sea.-Architecture:...
Ille-et-VilaineIlle-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Bonnefontaine
Combourg
Château de Combourg
The Château de Combourg is a castle in the commune of Combourg in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in Brittany, France.The castle stands on a small hill next to Lac Tranquille in the town....
Fougères
Fougères
Fougères is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, in north-western France.-Sights:Fougères' major monument is a medieval stronghold built atop a granite ledge, which was part of the ultimately unsuccessful defence system of the Duchy of Brittany against...
Saint-Malo
Solidor Tower
Solidor Tower
Solidor Tower is a strengthened keep with three linked towers, located in the estuary of the river Rance in Brittany....
Vitré
Château de Vitré
The Château de Vitré is a medieval castle in the town of Vitré, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département of France.The first castle in Vitré was built of wood on a feudal motte around the year 1000 on the Sainte-Croix hill...
MorbihanMorbihan
Morbihan is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan , the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline.-History:...
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Comper
Château de Comper
The Château de Comper is a castle located in Paimpont forest , three kilometers to the east of the village of Concoret in the département of Morbihan in the region of Brittany, France....
Josselin
Josselin
Josselin is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:St Meriadek is said to have founded a chapel there during the 4th century...
Largoët
Château de Largoët
The Château de Largoët , also known as the Tours d’Elven , is a medieval castle in Elven, in the Morbihan département of France, 13 km from Vannes.- History :...
Plessis-Josso
Château du Plessis-Josso
The Château du Plessis-Josso is a fortified 14th century manor house in the Morbihan département of France. The manor is located in the town of Theix, near Vannes...
Ducs des Rohan (Pontivy)
Suscinio
Château de Suscinio
The Château de Suscinio or de Susinio is a French castle, built in the late Middle Ages, to be the residence of the Dukes of Brittany. It is located near the town of Sarzeau in the département of Morbihan, near the coast of the Atlantic ocean...
Trécesson
Château de Trécesson
The Château de Trécesson which has preserved its medieval aspect, is one of the most impressive castles of Brittany. It is located in the commune of Campénéac in the Morbihan département of France, near the Paimpont forest and on the edge of the military camp of Coëtquidan...
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Burgundy
Côte-d'OrCôte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
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Auxonne
Bussy-Rabutin
Château de Bussy-Rabutin
The Château de Bussy-Rabutin, also known as Château de Bussy-le-Grand, is located in the commune of Bussy-le-Grand, in the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne, eastern France.-History:...
Châteauneuf
Château de Châteauneuf
The Château de Châteauneuf, also known as the Château de Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, is a 15th century fortress in the commune of Châteauneuf, 43 km from Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or département of France. It is a vast stone building, 75 metres in length and 35 metres broad, situated on a rocky outcrop...
Commarin
Château de Commarin
The Château de Commarin in the commune of Commarin in the Côte-d'Or département, Burgundy, France, has passed through 26 generations in the same family; never sold, though it has often passed through heiresses, Commarin today is a seat of the comte de Vogüé...
Éguilly
Château d'Éguilly
The Château d'Éguilly is a castle in the commune of Éguilly in the Côte-d'Or département of France, close to the A6 autoroute. Originating from the 12th century, it is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture....
Époisses
Frôlois
Gevrey-Chambertin
Château de Gevrey-Chambertin
The Château de Gevrey-Chambertin is located in Burgundy, 12 km from Dijon and 30 km from Beaune.- History :The castle of Gevrey-Chambertin, was certainly considerably revised in the second half of the 13th century, and was, during St Bernard lifetime, and even probably slightly earlier, a...
Mâlain
Mont-Saint-Jean
Montfort
Posanges
La Rochepot
Château de la Rochepot
Château de la Rochepot is a chateau in the Côte d'Or département in Burgundy, France. It lies on the N6 to the south west of the town of Beaune....
Rosières
Savigny
Semur-en-Auxois
Thil
NièvreNièvre
Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Bazoches
Champdioux
Corbelin
Moulins-Engilbert
Passy-les-Tours
Villemolin
Château de Villemolin
The Château de Villemolin is a castle in the commune of Anthien in the Nièvre département of France.The castle is located in the Morvan massif but not within the Parc naturel régional du Morvan...
Saône-et-LoireSaône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern...
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Arcy
Balleure
Château de Balleure
The Château de Balleure is a castle in the commune of Étrigny in the Saône-et-Loire département of France.-Description:The castle has a rectangular plan confined by circular towers...
Bissy-sur-Fley
Berzé
Bouttavant
Brancion
Brandon
Château de Brandon
The Château de Brandon is a castle in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes in the Saône-et-Loire département of France.-Description:...
Bresse-sur-Grosne
Chabotte
Champsigny
Charolles
Chassy
Châteauneuf
Chazeu
Chevannes
Commune
Corcelle
Couches
Dyo
Épinac
Igé
Igornay
Layé
Leynes
Château de Leynes
The Château de Leynes is an old fortified castle and priory in the commune of Leynes in the Saône-et-Loire département of France.The estate of Leynes was granted by Charles the Bald in a charter dated 19 March 875 to Tournus Abbey, a gift confirmed by the Pope in 1119...
Lugny
Château de Lugny
The Château de Lugny is a castle in the commune of Lugny in the Saône-et-Loire département of France.-Description:In the Middle Ages, the Château de Lugny, flanked by several towers and equipped with an “extremely high and very beautiful” keep , was surrounded by ditches filled with water from the...
Marcilly-la-Gueurce
Marigny (Fleurville)
Marigny
Montaigu
Montcony
Nobles
Château de Nobles
The Château de Nobles is a castle in the commune of La Chapelle-sous-Brancion in the Saône-et-Loire département of France. The castle is privately owned and is not open to the public...
Ozenay
Le Parc
Pierreclos
Rully
Château de Rully
The Château de Rully is a castle in the commune of Rully in the Saône-et-Loire département of France. Located on the side of a hill, the castle dominates the whole region, facing the plain leading to the Saône...
Saint-Huruge
La Salle
Savigny-sur-Grosne
Semur-en-Brionnais
Sercy
Sigy-le-Châtel
La Tour du Bost
Vautheau
YonneYonne
Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....
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Chastellux
Druyes
Guédélon
Guédelon Castle
Guédelon Castle is a medieval construction project located in Treigny, France. The object of the project is to build a castle using only the techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages...
Noyers
Pisy
Ragny
Saint-Fargeau
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Centre
Cher (18)Ainay-le-Vieil
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil is a château in Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France. Built in the 14th century, the castle is listed as a Monument historique since 1968 by the French Ministry of Culture.-References:...
Culan
Château de Culan
The Château de Culan is a French medieval castle located in the commune of Culan in the Cher département. -History:The castle, listed as a Monument historique at the start of the 20th century and classified for its walls and roofs in 1956, has known a turbulent history...
Grand-Besse
Château du Grand-Besse
The Château du Grand-Besse is a castle in the commune of Saint-Maur in the Cher département of France.- Architecture :The present castle consists of a very robust square keep, lit by mullioned windows. This keep from the early 15th century dates the construction, or reconstruction, of the castle....
Jouy
Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre
The Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre is a castle in the town of Mehun-sur-Yèvre in the départment of Cher, France.The castle is classified as a Monument historique since 1840.-History:...
Montrond
Pesselières
Sancerre
Eure-et-LoirEure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers.-History:Eure-et-Loir is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 pursuant to the Act of December 22, 1789...
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Châteaudun
Château de Châteaudun
The Château de Châteaudun is a castle located in the town of Châteaudun in the French département of Eure-et-Loir.- History :The castle was built between the 12th and 16th centuries....
Dreux
Maintenon
Château de Maintenon
The Château de Maintenon is a château situated in the Eure-et-Loir region of France. It is best known as being the private residence of the second spouse of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon....
IndreIndre
Indre is a department in the center of France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.-History:Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Azay-le-Ferron
Château d'Azay-le-Ferron
The Château d'Azay-le-Ferron is a fifteenth-century castle and seventeenth-century manor located in the Commune of Azay-le-Ferron in the Indre Department of France. It also features a Garden à la française and a French landscape garden dating to the seventeenth century, redone in the nineteenth and...
Brosse
Château de Brosse
The Château de Brosse is an ancient fortress located near Saint-Benoît-du-Sault and Chaillac in a very centered area of France called Berry.It was built during the 10th century by the de Brosse family...
Ingrandes
Mont (le)
Sarzay
Château de Sarzay
The Château de Sarzay is a 14th century castle in the village of Sarzay in the Indre département of France.This imposing medieval fortress comprises 38 towers and three drawbridges. Numerous furnished rooms maintain their historical authenticity. From the tops of the towers, with their superb...
Valençay
Château de Valençay
Château de Valençay is a residence of the d'Estampes and Talleyrand-Périgord families in the commune of Valençay, the Indre département of France. Although geographically it is part of the province of Berry, its architecture invites comparison with the Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley,...
Indre-et-LoireIndre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.-History:Indre-et-Loire is one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Amboise
Château d'Amboise
The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.-Origins and royal residence:...
Celle-Guenand
Château de La Celle-Guénand
The château de La Celle-Guenand under the Ancien Régime in France is the seat of the Barony of Preuilly and St Maure. The estate encompassed what is today, the commune of La Celle-Guenand in the Indre-et-Loire départment in the Centre Val-de-Loire Region of France.The château is listed as a...
Chenonceau
Château de Chenonceau
The Château de Chenonceau is a manor house near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. It was built on the site of an old mill on the River Cher, sometime before its first mention in writing in the 11th century...
Chinon
Chinon
Chinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France well known for Château de Chinon.In the Middle Ages, Chinon developed especially during the reign of Henry II . The castle was rebuilt and extended, becoming one of his favorite residences...
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile
Gizeux
Château de Gizeux
The Château de Gizeux is an important edifice, dating from the Middle Ages and much altered over the centuries, notably during the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment....
Guerche (la)
Château de la Guerche
Château de la Guerche is a castle in La Guerche, in Indre-et-Loire, a département in France. Among his famous owners, the Lords of Rougé used it as their residence between 1351 and 1416....
Langeais
Château de Langeais
The Château de Langeais is a castle in Indre-et-Loire, France, built on a promontory created by the small valley of the Roumer River at the opening to the Val de Loire...
Loches
Château de Loches
The Château de Loches is a castle located in the département of Indre-et-Loire in the Loire Valley in France; it was constructed in the 9th century...
Luynes
Montbazon
Montpoupon
Château de Montpoupon
The Château de Montpoupon is a castle in the commune of Céré-la-Ronde in the Indre-et-Loire département of France. It is situated to the east of Tours, 10 km south of Montrichard in a picturesque valley in the heart of a forest.-History:...
Montrésor
Château de Montrésor
The Château de Montrésor is a medieval castle with a Renaissance mansion built in the grounds, located in the French town of Montrésor in the département of Indre-et-Loire.-Medieval fortress:...
Plessis-lez-Tours
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
The Château de Plessis-lez-Tours is a Renaissance château located in the town of La Riche in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Loire Valley of France.It was the favorite residence of King Louis XI of France, who died there on 30 August 1483...
Le Rivau
Château du Rivau
Le Rivau is a castle-palace in Lémeré , in the Touraine region, France. In Rabelais' Gargantua, it was given to captain Tolmere as a reward for his victories in the Picrocholean Wars....
Tours
Ussé
Château d'Ussé
The Château d'Ussé is located in the commune of Rigny-Ussé in the Indre-et-Loire département, in France. The stronghold at the edge of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley was first fortified in the eleventh century by the Norman seigneur of Ussé, Gueldin de Saumur, who surrounded the...
Vaujours
Château de Vaujours
The Château de Vaujours is a ruined castle from the 12th and 15th centuries, located in the commune of Château-la-Vallière in the Indre-et-Loire département of central France. It was part of the seigneurie of Chasteaux-en-Anjou, the future Château-la-Vallière.- Location :The castle is located 3...
Loir-et-CherLoir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher is a département in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher.-History:Loir-et-Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais and...
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Chaumont-sur-Loire
Château de Chaumont
The Château de Chaumont is a French castle at Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.The first château-fort on this site between Blois and Amboise was a primitive fortress built by Eudes II, Count of Blois, in the 10th century with the purpose of protecting Blois from attacks from his feudal...
Fougères-sur-Bièvre
Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre
The Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre is a castle in the commune of Fougères-sur-Bièvre in the Loir-et-Cher département of France.Originally an 11th century structure, it was entirely rebuilt at the end of the 15th century, only the large square keep being preserved...
Lavardin
Château de Lavardin
The Château de Lavardin is a ruined castle in the village and commune of Lavardin in the Loir-et-Cher département of France. The property of the commune, it has been classified since 1945 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-Description:The remains of the Château de Lavardin...
Matval
Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Château de Montoire
The Château de Montoire is a ruined castle in the commune of Montoire-sur-le-Loir in the Loir-et-Cher département of France.Construction began the 11th century; there were further building works in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries....
Montrichard
Château de Montrichard
The Château de Montrichard is a ruined 11th century castle located at the heart of the commune of Montrichard in the Loir-et-Cher département of France. The property of the commune, it has been listed since 1877 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.The castle was constructed...
le Moulin
Vendôme
Vendôme
Vendôme is a commune in the Centre region of France.-Administration:Vendôme is the capital of the arrondissement of Vendôme in the Loir-et-Cher department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It has a tribunal of first instance.-Geography:...
LoiretLoiret
Loiret is a department in north-central FranceThe department is named after the river Loiret, a tributary of the Loire. The Loiret is located wholly within the department.- History :...
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Beaugency
Beaugency
Beaugency is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is located on the Loire river, upriver from Blois and downriver from Orléans.-History:...
Bellegarde
Chamerolles
Châteaurenard
Châtillon-Coligny
Hallier (le)
Meung
Sully-sur-Loire
Château de Sully-sur-Loire
The Château de Sully-sur-Loire is a castle, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France.-History:...
Yèvre
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Champagne-Ardenne
Ardennes (08)Doumely
Château de Doumely
The Château de Doumely is a 15th century fortified castle that dominates the countryside of Porcien, situated in the commune of Doumely-Bégny in the Ardennes département of France....
Hierges
Landreville
Château de Landreville
The Château de Landreville is a castle situated in the commune of Bayonville in the Ardennesdépartement of France.Within the territory of a 12th century châtelain, the castle was built in the early 13th century and remodelled in the middle of the 16th century...
Sedan
Château de Sedan
The Château de Sedan is a castle situated in Sedan, France, on a headland on the border of Meuse, flanked by the rivers Bièvre and Vra, in the Ardennes département of France...
Montcornet
Château de Montcornet
The Château de Montcornet is a castle in the commune of Montcornet in the Ardennes département of France.- History :The castle was built between the 11th and 12th centuries by the first occupants, the Montcornets. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the fortress passed to Miles de Noyer and then to...
AubeAube
Aube is a department in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants.- History :Aube is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Bar sur Seine
Château de Bar sur Seine
The remains of the Château de Bar-sur-Seine are the ruins of a medieval French fortified castle, destroyed in the 16th century. The site is in the town of Bar-sur-Seine in the Aube département....
Chacenay
Château de Chacenay
The Château de Chacenay is a castle situated in the commune of Chacenay, in the Aube département of France.Recorded since 1075, it was the fief of numerous great families over the years...
MarneMarne
Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
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Montmort
Château de Montmort
The Château de Montmort is a stately home built on the site of a medieval castle in the commune of Montmort-Lucy in the Marne département of France....
Haute-MarneHaute-Marne
Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River.-History:Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Lafauche
Reynel
Vignory
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Corsica
Corse-du-SudCorse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud is a French département composed of the southern part of the island of Corsica.- History :The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the Corse department was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud...
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Haute-CorseHaute-Corse
Haute-Corse is a French department. It constitutes the northern part of the island of Corsica.- History :The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the department of Corse was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud...
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Franche-Comté
DoubsDoubs
Doubs is a department the Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River.-History:As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern two-thirds of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl. Residents of the southern third of Doubs spoke a dialect...
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Belvoir
Besançon
Citadel of Besançon
The Citadel of Besançon in Franche-Comté, France, is one of the military architect Vauban's masterpieces. The Citadel occupies eleven hectares on Mount Saint-Etienne, one of the seven hills that protect Besançon, the capital of Franche-Comté...
Cléron
Fort de Joux
Fort de Joux
The Fort de Joux or Château de Joux is a castle, transformed into a fort, located in La Cluse-et-Mijoux, in the Doubs département, in the Jura mountains of France. It commands the mountain pass "Cluse de Pontarlier"....
Montbéliard
Château de Montbéliard
The Château de Montbéliard , also known as the Château des ducs de Württemberg is a fortress located on an outcropping rock that surveys the town of Montbéliard in the Doubs département of France...
Montfaucon
Jura (39)Arlay
Chevreaux
Frontenay
la Muyre
Oliferne
Pymont
Haute-SaôneHaute-Saône
Haute-Saône is a French department of the Franche-Comté région, named after the Saône River.- History :The department was created in the early years of the French Revolution through the application of a law dated 22 December 1789, from part of the former province of Franche-Comté...
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Étobon
Oricourt
Château d'Oricourt
The Château d'Oricourt is a castle in the commune of Oricourt in the département of Haute-Saône, in the Franche-Comté region of France....
Ray-sur-Saône
Territoire de BelfortTerritoire de Belfort
The Territoire de Belfort is a department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.-Administration:Its departmental code is 90, and its prefecture is Belfort...
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Belfort
Belfort
Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-...
Rosemont
Rougemont
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Île-de-France
ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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The Bastille
Bastille
The Bastille was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. The Bastille was built in response to the English threat to the city of...
La Conciergerie
Conciergerie
La Conciergerie is a former royal palace and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, near the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. It is part of the larger complex known as the Palais de Justice, which is still used for judicial purposes...
Le Louvre
Palais du Louvre
The Louvre Palace , on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, is a former royal palace situated between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois...
The Temple
Temple (Paris)
The Temple was a medieval fortress in Paris, located in what is now the IIIe arrondissement. It was built by the Knights Templar from the 12th century, as their European headquarters. In the 13th century it replaced earlier works of the Vieille Temple in Le Marais...
Seine-et-MarneSeine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...
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Blandy-les-Tours
Château de Blandy-les-Tours
The Château de Blandy-les-Tours is a medieval castle in the village of Blandy-les-Tours ; it is about 5 km from the château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and 10 km from Melun. The castle is in the middle of the village. Its restoration began in 1992.-History:The site was previously a Merovingian...
Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant
Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant
Le château de la belle au bois dormant is a structure that stands at the centre of the Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris and is a continuation of a concept first seen at Disneyland in California....
Brie-Comte-Robert
Château de Brie-Comte-Robert
The Château de Brie-Comte-Robert is a castle in the town of Brie-Comte-Robert in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.-12th - 13th centuries:...
Diant
Château de Diant
The Château de Diant is a castle in the commune of Diant in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.The castle was originally constructed in the 13th century for a companion of Philippe Auguste, with additions and modifications in the 15th century and the first half of the 19th.It has been listed...
la Grange-Bléneau
Château de la Grange-Bléneau
The Château de la Grange-Bléneau is a castle in the commune of Courpalay in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.-History:Recorded since the 13th century, the castle has belonged to several families: Courtenay, Aubusson-La Feuillade and d'Aguesseau. Ownership passed from Henriette d'Aguesseau...
du Houssoy
Château du Houssoy
The Château du Houssoy is a ruined 14th and 15th century castle in the commune of Crouy-sur-Ourcq in the Seine-et-Marne département of France....
Moret
Château de Moret
The Château de Moret is a castle in the commune of Moret-sur-Loing in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.Originally built in the 12th century, it was substantially altered in the 17th century....
Montaiguillon
Château de Montaiguillon
The Château de Montaiguillon is a ruined castle in the commune of Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.The castle dates from the 12th century. Partially ruined and abandoned, it is privately owned....
Nangis
Château de Nangis
The Château de Nangis, also called Château de La Motte Nangis, is a modernised castle located in the heart of the town of Nangis, in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. It protected the population of the "seigneurie" during the Hundred Years' War...
Nantouillet
Nemours
Château de Nemours
The Château de Nemours is a castle in the town and commune of Nemours in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. Located in the extreme south of the Paris conurbation, it stands on the banks of the Loing river...
la Reine Blanche
Sigy
Château de Sigy
The Château de Sigy is a modernised castle in the commune of Sigy in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.The castle dates originally from the 14th century, though much altered in the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries...
YvelinesYvelines
Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
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Beynes
Château de Beynes
The Château de Beynes is a is a ruined castle located in the town of Beynes, along the Mauldre River in the French département of Yvelines .-History:...
Donjon de Houdan
Donjon de Houdan
The Donjon de Houdan is a medieval fortified tower in the commune of Houdan in the Yvelines département of France.- Architecture :...
La Madeleine (Chevreuse)
Château de la Madeleine
The Château de la Madeleine is a castle located in the town of Chevreuse, in the French département of Yvelines . In good state of preservation, it was built on the top of a hill and dominates the town....
Donjon de Maurepas
Donjon de Maurepas
The Donjon de Maurepas is a ruined medieval castle in the town of Maurepas, in the French département of Yvelines .-History:...
Montfort
Montfort-l'Amaury
Montfort-l'Amaury is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris N of Rambouillet....
EssonneEssonne
Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments.- History :...
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Dourdan
Château de Dourdan
The Château de Dourdan is a castle in the town of Dourdan in the Essonne department of France.-Construction:The fortification is characteristic of the military architecture of this period. It is built on a square pattern, with towers at three of the corners and an isolated donjon at the fourth...
Étampes
Château d'Étampes
The Château d'Étampes was a castle in the town of Étampes in the départment of Essonne, France. The principal remains are of the 12th-century keep, the Tour de Guinette.-History:...
Montlhéry
Montlhéry
Montlhéry is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located from Paris.Inhabitants of Montlhéry are known as Montlhériens.-History:...
Hauts-de-SeineHauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine is designated number 92 of the 101 départements in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, and covers the western inner suburbs of Paris...
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Seine-Saint-DenisSeine-Saint-Denis
- Culture :A number of hip hop artists come from the Seine-Saint-Denis, including one of the first major hip-hop groups in France, NTM, as well as Lord Kossity, or more recent acts such as Tandem or Sefyu.- Miscellaneous topics :...
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Val-de-MarneVal-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris.- Geography :...
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Vincennes
Château de Vincennes
The Château de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century French royal castle in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis.-History:...
Val-d'OiseVal-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise is a French department, created in 1968 after the split of the Seine-et-Oise department and located in the Île-de-France region. In local slang, it is known as "quatre-vingt quinze" or "neuf cinq"...
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Beaumont-sur-Oise
Château de Beaumont-sur-Oise
The Château de Beaumont-sur-Oise is a ruined medieval castle in the commune of Beaumont-sur-Oise in the Val-d'Oise département of France.It has been listed since 1992 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-History:...
La Roche-Guyon
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Languedoc-Roussillon
AudeAude
Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother...
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Aguilar
Château d'Aguilar
The Château d'Aguilar is a 12th century Cathar castle located in the commune of Tuchan in the Aude département of France.- Architecture :...
Arques
Tour Barberousse (Gruissan)
Tour Barberousse
The Tour Barberousse is in the coastal village of Gruissan in the Aude département of France.The tower is all that remains of a castle built at the end of the 10th century to observe the approaches to the harbour at Narbonne and to guard against seaborne invasions of the city...
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Carcassonne
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc.It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century,...
Couiza
Château de Couiza
The Château des Ducs de Joyeuse is a castle in the commune of Couiza in the Aude département of France.Originally built for the Dukes of Joyeuse in the mid-16th century, the castle is now used a hotel. The well-preserved building, flanked by round towers, is regarded as typical of many buildings...
Durban
Durfort
Château de Durfort
The Château de Durfort is a ruined castle in the commune of Vignevieille in the Aude département of France. It is 27 km east of Limoux and 3 km north of the Château de Termes....
Lastours
Châteaux de Lastours
The Châteaux de Lastours are four so-called Cathar castles in the French commune of Lastours in the département of l'Aude. The four castles are on a rocky spur above the village of Lastours, isolated by the deep valleys of the Orbeil and Grésilhou rivers...
Niort
Peyrepertuse
Peyrepertuse
Peyrepertuse is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French Pyrénées in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, in the Aude département, and has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona...
Pieusse
Château de Pieusse
The Château de Pieusse is a one of the so-called Cathar castles in the French commune of Pieusse, near the town of Limoux in the département of l'Aude. It is a "true" Cathar castle in the sense that the site was never taken by the French crown during the annexation of Roussillon, but the buildings...
Puilaurens
Puivert
Château de Puivert
The Château de Puivert is a so-called Cathar castle situated in the commune of Puivert, in the Aude département of France. This building, on top of a hill overhanging the village and its lake, reaches an altitude of 605 m. The site is in the Quercob region, south of Carcassonne and east of Foix...
Quéribus
Saint Martin de Toques
Saissac
Château de Saissac
The Château de Saissac is a ruined Cathar castle in the southernmost tip of the commune of Saissac in the Aude département in the north-west of Carcassonne, France. It was once the residence of the powerful vassal family of Trencavel...
Termes
Château de Termes
The Château de Termes is a ruined castle near the village of Termes in the Aude département of France. It is one of the so-called Cathar castles.-History:...
Villerouge-Termenès
GardGard
Gard is a département located in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.The department is named after the River Gard, although the formerly Occitan name of the River Gard, Gardon, has been replacing the traditional French name in recent decades, even among French speakers.- History...
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Montdardier
Portes
Château de Portes
The Château de Portes is a castle located in the commune of Portes in the Gard département of France. It overlooks the Regordane, an ancient avenue used by the pilgrims of Saint-Giles and the Croisés on their way towards the Holy Land for a distance of ten miles...
Rousson
Château de Rousson
The Château de Rousson is a castle in the commune of Rousson in the Gard département of France.-History:The fief of Rousson was bought by Jacques d'Agulhac de Beaumefort in 1588. He built the castle between 1600 and 1615...
Saint-Chaptes
Château de Saint-Chaptes
The Château de Saint-Chaptes is a modernised castle in the commune of Saint-Chaptes in the Gard département of France.The medieval castle was built in the 13th century and modified in the 15th and 17th centuries. Protected by towers, it was surrounded by moats which have now been filled...
Uzès
Uzès
Uzès is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.It lies about 25 km north-northeast of Nîmes.-History:Originally Ucetia, Uzès was a small Gallo-Roman oppidum, or administrative settlement. The town lies at the source of the Eure, from where a Roman aqueduct was built in the first...
Vissec
Château de Vissec
The Château de Vissec is a castle located in the commune of Vissec in the Gard département of France.- History :The House of Vissec is one of the most ancient and of the most considerable of Languedoc. We owe its origin to lands and castle of the same name at the end of the dioceses of Lodève and...
HéraultHérault
Hérault is a department in the south of France named after the Hérault river.-History:Hérault is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Castles in Hérault
Castles in Hérault
There are numerous Castles in the Hérault départment of France. Most are little more than ruins and many are barely discernible. Castles or their remains may be found at the following locations among others:...
[This article includes Agel, Aigues-Vives, Aspiran de Ravanès (Thézan-Lès-Béziers), Aumelas, Autignac, Bélarga, Cabrerolles, Cabrières, Castelnau-de-Guers, Creissan, Cruzy, Dio, Faugères, Fos, Grézan (Laurens), Malavieille, Margon, Marsillargues, Mazers (Fontės), Montouliers, Mourcairol, Pézènes-les-Mines, Puisserguier, Saint-Bauléry (Cébazan)]
Ganges
Château de Ganges
The Château de Ganges was a castle in the commune of Ganges in the Hérault département of France. Only ruins remain.-History:The castle was the scene of a murder in the 17th century. The beautiful Dianne de Roussan was killed by her husband's brothers, who wanted her large fortune. They were caught...
Guilhem (Clermont-l'Hérault)
Château des Guilhem
The Château des Guilhem is a medieval castle in the town of Clermont-l'Hérault in the Hérault département of France.Built for the Guilhems, lords of Clermont-l’Hérault, at the end of the 11th and beginning of the 12th centuries, the castle stands on Puech Castel hill, overlooking the town and...
Pézenas
Château de Pézenas
The site of the Château de Pézenas, a medieval castle in the French town of Pézenas, in the département of l'Hérault, is currently being refurbished with a view to opening to the public....
Roquessels
Château de Roquessels
The Château de Roquessels is a ruined castle in the commune of Roquessels in the Hérault département of France.The Château de Roquessels was built in the 10th century. It was a dependency of the convent of Cassans, which collected tithes from the baron of Margon...
Saint-Maurice
Château de Saint-Maurice
The Château de Saint-Maurice is built on the remains of an earlier 13th castle in the commune of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles in the Hérault département of France....
LozèreLozère
Lozère , is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central, named after Mont Lozère.- History :Lozère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Apcher
Château d'Apcher
Château d'Apcher is a château in Prunières, France. It was built in the 17th century....
le Boy
Calberte
la Caze
le Champ
Florac
Château de Florac
The Château de Florac is a castle, originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 17th century, located in the French town of Florac, in Lozère, in south-central France....
Luc
Miral
Montjézieu
Saint-Alban
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Saturnin
le Tournel
Pyrénées-OrientalesPyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :...
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Belpuig
Château de Belpuig
The Château de Belpuig is a ruined castle in the commune of Prunet-et-Belpuig in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of France.Situated a 15 minutes walk from the village, the castle occupies a strategic position on a rocky spur overlooking the surrounding countryside...
Castelnou
Château de Castelnou
The Château de Castelnou is a medieval castle in the commune of Castelnou in the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales.The village of Castelnou takes its name from the castle...
Château Royal de Collioure
Château Royal de Collioure
The Château Royal de Collioure is a massive French royal castle in the town of Collioure, a few kilometers north of the Spanish border in the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales....
Palais des Rois de Majorque
Palace of the Kings of Majorca
The Palace of the Kings of Majorca, or Palais des Rois de Majorque in French, is a palace and a fortress with gardens overlooking the city of Perpignan in Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.- The Kingdom of Majorca :...
Fort de Salses
Fort de Salses
The Fort de Salses is a Spain fortress in the commune of Salses-le-Château, situated in the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales...
Ultrère
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Limousin
CorrèzeCorrèze
Corrèze is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River.The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens or Corréziennes according to gender.-History:...
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la Johannie
Châteaux de Curemonte
The Châteaux de Curemonte are three castles in the commune of Curemonte, in the Corrèze département of France.* Château de la Johannie * Château de Plas * Château de Saint-Hilaire -External links:* * Mérimée database * Mérimée database...
Merle
Tours de Merle
The Tours de Merle are the ruins of a castle in the commune of Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle, in the Corrèze département of France....
Plas
Châteaux de Curemonte
The Châteaux de Curemonte are three castles in the commune of Curemonte, in the Corrèze département of France.* Château de la Johannie * Château de Plas * Château de Saint-Hilaire -External links:* * Mérimée database * Mérimée database...
Saint-Hilaire
Châteaux de Curemonte
The Châteaux de Curemonte are three castles in the commune of Curemonte, in the Corrèze département of France.* Château de la Johannie * Château de Plas * Château de Saint-Hilaire -External links:* * Mérimée database * Mérimée database...
Turenne
Château de Turenne
The Château de Turenne is a castle in the Corrèze département of France.-External links:* *...
Ventadour
Château de Ventadour
The Château de Ventadour is in the commune of Moustier-Ventadour in the département of Corrèze .- Situation :Placed on a rocky outcrop overhanging the valley of Luzège, only few vestiges remain on the site of this feudal castle, which is still remarkably wild...
CreuseCreuse
Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.-History:Creuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of La Marche....
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Clairavaux (Puyravaux)
Château fort de Puyravaux
The Château fort de Puyravaux is a ruined feudal castle in the commune of Clairavaux in the Creuse département of France.Its date of construction is unknown. Built of granite, it was probably destroyed around the middle of the 15th century....
Crozant
Saint-Germain-Beaupré
Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré
The Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré is a castle the commune of Saint-Germain-Beaupré in the Creuse département of France.- History :The castle was built in the 16th century, beginning in 1533, on the site of an earlier fortress dating from the 12th century, itself rebuilt between 1407 and 1409...
Haute-VienneHaute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne is a French department named after the Vienne River. It is one of three departments that together constitute the French region of Limousin.The chief and largest city is Limoges...
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Châlucet
Château de Châlucet
The ruins of the Château de Châlucet are in the commune of Saint-Jean-Ligoure, about 10 km to the south of Limoges, in the département of Haute-Vienne, and less than 2 km from the Pôle de Lanaud....
Châlus-Chabrol
Château de Chalus-Chabrol
The Château de Chalus-Chabrol is a castle in the commune of Châlus in the département of Haute-Vienne, France.The castle dominates the town of Châlus...
Château-Chervix
Coussac-Bonneval http://www.coussac.com
Lastours
Château de Lastours
The Château de Lastours is a ruined castle in the commune of Rilhac-Lastours in the Haute-Vienne département of France.Construction began in the 12th century. Today in ruins, it was the former seat of the seigneurs and later barons of Lastours. It still has several corner towers and the base of the...
Montbrun
Château de Montbrun
The Château de Montbrun is a castle in the commune of Dournazac in the Haute-Vienne département of France. The castle was built in the 12th and 15th centuries, and was restored in the late 19th....
Rochechouart
Château de Rochechouart
Château de Rochechouart is a thirteenth century French castle, located at the top of the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the commune of Rochechouart within the département of Haute-Vienne.- Background :...
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Lorraine
Meurthe-et-MoselleMeurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
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Bainville-aux-Miroirs
Blamont
Château de Blâmont
The Château de Blâmont is a castle built at the end of the 13th century in the French commune of Blâmont, in the département of Meurthe-et-Moselle....
Cons-la-Grandville
Château de Cons-la-Grandville
The Château de Cons-la-Grandville is a castle situated in the commune of Cons-la-Grandville in the French département of Meurthe-et-Moselle.-Description:...
Dieulouard
Jaulny
Château de Jaulny
The Château de Jaulny is a ruined castle in the commune of Jaulny in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of France. It has been listed since 1966 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture....
Longwy
Mousson
Moyen
Nomeny
Pierrefort
Pierre-Percée
Château de Pierre-Percée
The Château de Pierre-Percée is a ruined castle found in the commune of Pierre-Percée in the département of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France....
Prény
Vaudémont
MeuseMeuse
Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.-History:Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Gombervaux
Hattonchâtel
Château de Hattonchâtel
The Château de Hattonchâtel is a château in the commune of Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel in the Meuse département of France.The site was fortified in 860 by Hatto, Bishop of Verdun, whose name it bears, on a rocky promontory overlooking the Seine valley. The settlement became the chief stronghold of...
MoselleMoselle
Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Alteville
Ancerville
Bitche
Buy
Comtes de Luxembourg
Dabo
Ducs de Lorraine (Sierck)
Falkenstein
Château du Falkenstein
The Château du Falkenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Philippsbourg in the Moselle département of France, at the heart of the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord. This semi-troglodyte castle dominates the Zinsel valley.- History :...
Grand-Arnsberg
Helfedange
Helfenstein
Château du Helfenstein
The Château du Helfenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Philippsbourg in the Moselle département of France.- History :The castle is located 100 m from another castle, the Château du Falkenstein. The castle was mentioned in the 14th century as the property of the Dukes of Lorraine. It passed...
Hombourg-Haut
Hombourg-Budange
Luttange
Lutzelbourg
Malbrouck
Mouterhouse
Ramstein
Château de Ramstein
The Château de Ramstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Baerenthal, in the Moselle département of France.-History:This 13th century castle was built by the lords of Falkenstein on the instructions of the bishop of Strasbourg to control the Zinselbach valley, probably in 1292...
Rodemack
Rothenbourg
Château de Rothenbourg
The Château de Rothenbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Philippsbourg in the Moselle département of France.- History :The castle, built on a hill called Rothenberg or Rodenberg, to the north of another castle, the Château du Falkenstein, dates back to the 9th century...
Saint-Sixte
Turquestein
Vry
Waldeck
Woippy
VosgesVosges
Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
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Bruyères
Château de Bruyères
The château de Bruyères is a ruined castle located in the town of Bruyères, in the Vosges department of eastern France.-History:The castle was built during the 10th century by the Duke of Lorraine, on a small hill...
Châtel-sur-Moselle
Épinal
Fontenoy-le-Château
Château de Fontenoy-le-Château
The Château de Fontenoy-le-Château is located in the commune of Fontenoy-le-Château in the Vosges département of north-eastern France.It held a defensive role from the beginning of the 11th century until its partial destruction in 1635, during the Thirty Years' War.-Creation:In the 11th century,...
Saint-Jean-du-Marché
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Lower Normandy
CalvadosCalvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
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Beaumont-le-Richard
Caen
Château de Caen
The Château de Caen is a castle in the French town of Caen in the Calvados département . It has been officially classed as a Monument historique since 1886.-History:...
Courcy
Château de Courcy
The Château de Courcy is a ruined castle in the commune of Courcy in the south of the Calvados département of France. The edifice, typical of 12th-13th century military architecture, is in danger due to the lack of protective measures, even since being added to the monument historique inventory by...
Creully
Château de Creully
The Château de Creully is an 11th and 12th century castle located in the town of Creully in the Calvados département of France.-History:...
Falaise
Château de Falaise
The Château de Falaise is a castle located in the south of the commune of Falaise in the Calvados département of Normandy, France.The town of Falaise was the birthplace of William the Conqueror, first of the Norman kings of England...
Olivet
Sassy
Vire
MancheManche
Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Bricquebec
Château de Bricquebec
The Château de Bricquebec is a castle in the Manche département of France.The castle is listed as a Monument historique since 1840 by the French Ministry of Culture.-See also:*List of castles in France...
Gratot
Château de Gratot
The château de Gratot is a ruined medieval castle in the commune of Gratot, in the Manche département in Basse-Normandie .It is located only a few kilometers from the English Channel.-History:...
Pirou
Château de Pirou
The château de Pirou is a castle in the commune of Pirou, in the département of Manche , France.The castle of Pirou was initially built of wood, then of stone in the 12th century and belonged to the lords of Pirou; it was constructed near the shore of the English Channel, and used to watch upon the...
Regnéville
Château de Regnéville
The Château de Regnéville is a ruined 14th century castle in the commune of Regnéville-sur-Mer in the Manche département of France. Built at the edge of the Sienne river estuary, it was intended to protect the important dry harbour of Regnéville-sur-Mer, one of most active of the Cotentin Peninsula...
OrneOrne
Orne is a department in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne.- History :Orne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution, on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Normandy and Perche.- Geography :Orne is in the region of...
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Carrouges
Château de Carrouges
The Château de Carrouges is a château, dating partly from the 14th century, located in the commune of Carrouges, in the Orne department, Basse-Normandie, northern France. It is unusual in its combination of an austere fortress with a comfortable residence. The original fortifications at Carrouges...
Domfront
Château de Domfront
The Château de Domfront is a ruined castle in the town of Domfront, in the Orne département of France.The Château de Domfront has been protected as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1875. The ruins include the keep, the enceinte, ramparts, towers, casemates and the...
Ducs d'Alençon
Château de la Motte, Joué du Plain
Château de la Motte, Joué du Plain
The Château de la Motte is a château located in the commune of Joué-du-Plain in Lower Normandy, France. The Chateau began as a Viking motte and bailey fortress, and evolved into the 18th and 19th century Chateau seen today...
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Midi-Pyrénées
AriègeAriège
Ariège is a department in southwestern France named after the Ariège River.- History :Ariège is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the counties of Foix and Couserans....
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Foix
Château de Foix
The Château de Foix is a castle which dominates the town of Foix in the French département of Ariège. An important tourist site, it is known as a centre of the Cathars. It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture....
Lagarde
Château de Lagarde
The Château de Lagarde is a ruined castle situated near the village of Lagarde, southeast of Mirepoix in the French département of Ariège....
Lasserre
Château de Lasserre
The Château de Lasserre is a ruined castle in the commune of Béraut in the Gers département of France.With origins in the 14th century, the castle was adapted and altered in the 16th and 18th centuries....
Mirabat
Montaillou
Château de Montaillou
The Château de Montaillou is a ruined castle in the French village of Montaillou, in the Ariège département. The village of Montaillou, standing on the slope of Mount Allion, was made famous in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's history, Montaillou, village occitan.At the top of the village is all that...
Montségur
Montségur
The Château de Montségur is a former fortress near Montségur, a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Its ruins are the site of a razed stronghold of the Cathars. The present fortress on the site, though described as one of the "Cathar castles," is actually of a later period...
Roquefixade
Château de Roquefixade
The Château de Roquefixade is a ruined castle built on a cliff overlooking the village of Roquefixade, situated 8km west of Lavelanet French département of Ariège....
Seix
Usson
Château d'Usson
The Château d'Usson is one of the so-called Cathar castles in what is now southwestern France. It is located in the commune of Rouze, in the Ariège département. It is sited upstream from Axat, along the Aude River gorge, carved out of the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is situated at 920 m in...
AveyronAveyron
Aveyron is a département in southern France named after the Aveyron River.- History :Aveyron is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790....
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Castles in Aveyron
Castles in Aveyron
There are numerous castles in the Aveyron département of France. Many are little more than ruins and some are barely discernible, while others have been converted into modern homes. Castles or their remains may be found at the following locations, among others:* Belcastel The oldest part of the...
[This article includes Bourines, Colombier, Estaing, Ginals, Inférieur, Loupiac, Marinesque, Mas Rougier, Masse, Méjanel, Mélac, Montarnal, Montjaux, Mostuéjouls, Pagax, la Pèze, Recoules, Roquelaure, Salvagnac-Cajarc, Sénergues, Tholet, Toulonjac, Vallon, Versols]
Belcastel
Château de Belcastel
The Château de Belcastel is a medieval castle in the village and commune of Belcastel, on the north bank of the Aveyron River, downstream from Rodez in the Aveyron département of France. The oldest part of the Chateau was constructed in the 9th century, and it grew at the hands of the Belcastel...
Calmont d'Olt
Château de Calmont d'Olt
The Château de Calmont d'Olt is a castle situated in France, in the Aveyron département in the commune of Espalion. Perched atop a basalt dyke at an altitude of 535 m, it overlooks from 100 m the town of Espalion and the valley of the Lot...
Coupiac
Château de Coupiac
The Château de Coupiac is a castle in the French commune of Coupiac in the département of Aveyron.Dating from the 15th century, the castle is formed by two T-shaped wings, built directly on the bare rock, flanked by three powerful round towers. These remaining towers show architectural differences,...
Fayet
Château de Fayet
The Château de Fayet is a castle in the commune of Fayet in the Aveyron département of France.- History :The first lords of Brusque and Fayet were the viscounts of Albi in the 11th century, the viscounts of Béziers and Carcassone in the 12th century, the counts of Toulouse in the 13th century, and,...
Inférieur
Château Inférieur
The Château Inférieur is a ruined castle in the commune of Peyrusse-le-Roc in the Aveyron département of France.Peyrusse-le-Roc was known during Roman times for the richness of its silver, lead and antimony mines. The fortress here was besieged in 761. It was taken by the English in 1163 and later...
Latour-sur-Sorgues
Montaigut
Château de Montaigut
The Château de Montaigut is a castle in the French commune of Gissac in the département of Aveyron.The first traces of the Château de Montaigut date from the 10th century. Built on a rocky outcrop dominating the valley of the Dourdou de Camarès river, it defended the town of Saint-Affrique against...
Najac
Château de Najac
Château de Najac or the royal fortress of Najac is located in Najac, in the Aveyron département, in southern France.The castle was built in 1253 by the villagers on the orders of Alphonse de Poitiers, brother of Saint Louis, on the site of an older castle built in 1100 by Bertrand of St Gilles,...
Peyrelade
Château de Peyrelade
The Château de Peyrelade is a ruined castle in the commune of Rivière-sur-Tarn in the Aveyron département of France.The name is derived from the occitan "Pèira Lada", meaning wide rock; an accurate description of the site...
Pruines
Château de Pruines
The Château de Pruines is a castle in the French commune of Pruines in the Aveyron département.The castle dates from the 15th century. Built in local red sandstone it consists of several parts: a main building, a tower and a stable. In the 16th century, interior work was undertaken to make the...
Saint-Côme-d'Olt
Château de Saint-Côme-d'Olt
The Château de Saint-Côme-d'Olt is a medieval castle in the commune of Saint-Côme-d'Olt in the Aveyron département of France. It was the residence of the lords of Calmont and Castenau and is now the town hall....
Saint-Izaire
Château de Saint-Izaire
The Château de Saint-Izaire is a 14th century episcopal castle in the commune of Saint-Izaire in the Aveyron département of France. Since 1991 it has been classified as a historical monument...
la Servayrie
Sévérac
Château de Sévérac
The Château de Sévérac is a 13th and 18th centuries castle in the commune of Sévérac-le-Château in the Aveyron département of France.The castle site has belonged to several families: the Sévéracs, Armagnacs, and Arpajons...
Vézins
Château de Vezins
The Château de Vézins is a much-altered castle situated in the commune of Vézins-de-Lévézou between Millau and Rodez in the Aveyron département of France. It has been in the possession of the Vézins family for 900 years....
Haute-GaronneHaute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...
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Aurignac
Château d'Aurignac
The Château d'Aurignac is a ruined 13th century castle in the commune of Aurignac in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The castle was built on a hill before 1240 by Bernard V, Counts of Comminges, and the village developed around it...
Berthier
Boussan
Château de Boussan
The Château de Boussan is a ruined castle in the commune of Boussan in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The property of the commune, it has been listed since 1926 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-External links:...
Brax
Château de Brax
The Château de Brax is a ruined castle in the commune of Brax in the Haute-Garonne département of France. Originally constructed in the 13th century, there were alterations and additions in the 16th and 18th centuries....
Calmont
Château de Calmont
The Château de Calmont is a ruined 14th century castle in the commune of Calmont in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The property of the commune, it has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture....
Cambiac
Château de Cambiac
The Château de Cambiac is a 15th century castle in the commune of Cambiac in the Haute-Garonne département of France.Originally a vast 15th century residence, it was probably constructed on the foundations of an earlier structure...
Castagnac
Fourquevaux
Château de Fourquevaux
The Château de Fourquevaux was originally a 15th century castle in the commune of Fourquevaux in the Haute-Garonne département of France. It was modified in the 16th century...
Galié
Château de Galié
The Château de Galié is a ruined 13th and 14th century castle in the commune of Galié in the Haute-Garonne département of France. Privately owned, it has been listed since 1970 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture....
Jean
Château de Jean
The Château de Jean is a French château built on the site of an older castle in the commune of Villariès in the Haute-Garonne département of France....
Labastide-Paumès
Château de Labastide-Paumès
The Château de Labastide-Paumès is a 16th century castle in the commune of Labastide-Paumès in the Haute-Garonne département of France. It includes a large tower with a spiral staircase....
Laréole
Larroque
Château de Larroque
The Château de Larroque is the remains of a 12th century castle keep in the commune of Larroque in the Haute-Garonne département of France....
Latoue
Château de Latoue
The Château de Latoue is a castle in the commune of Latoue in the Haute-Garonne département of France. Construction began in the 12th century, with major additions and alterations in the 13th, 16th and 18th centuries....
Launac
Château de Launac
The Château de Launac is a 15th century castle in the commune of Launac in the Haute-Garonne département of France. Major additions and alterations were made in the 16th and 17th centuries....
Montespan
Château de Montespan
The Château de Montespan is the remains of a 13th century castle in the commune of Montespan in the Haute-Garonne département of France....
Pibrac
Château de Pibrac
The Château de Pibrac is a converted 16th century castle in the commune of Pibrac in the Haute-Garonne département of France.It was rebuilt in 1540 to replace the old manor house. The architect appears to be Dominique Bachelor. During the Revolution, in 1794, the sculptures were smashed and the...
Rudelle
Château de Rudelle
The Château de Rudelle is a 16th and 17th century castle in the commune of Muret in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The castle is noted for its ancient chimneys and for murals painted on the third floor...
Saint-Élix-le-Château
Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château
The Château de Saint-Élix is a 16th century castle in the commune of Saint-Élix-le-Château in the Haute-Garonne département of France.Built in the 1540s, it is privately owned and has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture...
Saint-Élix-Séglan
Château de Saint-Élix-Séglan
The Château de Saint-Élix is a castle in the commune of Saint-Élix-Séglan in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The castle was originally constructed in the 14th century, with developments in the 15th and 17th. The Château de Saint-Elix is a modest fortified house situated on the summit of a...
Sainte-Marie
Château Sainte-Marie
The Château Sainte-Marie is a castle dating from the second half of the 16th century, modified and altered during the 19th century, in the commune of Longages in the Haute-Garonne département of France....
Saint-Félix-Lauragais
Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais
The Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a castle in the commune of Saint-Félix-Lauragais in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The castle was originally constructed in the 13th century. In the 14th century, the castle was transformed into a country house by a brother of Pope John XXII...
Saint-Jory
Château de Saint-Jory
The Château de Saint-Jory is a 16th century castle in the commune of Saint-Jory in the Haute-Garonne département of France.Privately owned, it has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.-External links:...
Saint-Paul-d'Oueil
Château de Saint-Paul-d'Oueil
The Château de Saint-Paul-d'Oueil is a castle in the commune of Saint-Paul-d'Oueil in the Haute-Garonne département of France.Privately owned, it has been listed since 1947 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture....
Salvetat-Saint-Gilles
Sarremezan
Château de Sarremezan
The Château de Sarremezan is a 15th century castle in the commune of Sarremezan in the Haute-Garonne département of France.Privately owned, it has been listed since 1955 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Of particular note is the tower and its staircase.-External links:* ...
Vallègue
Château de Vallègue
The Château de Vallègue is a mediaeval castle in the commune of Vallègue in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The castle is the best preserved part of the ancient fortified village, mentioned since 1273 as a royal possession. It was sold several times during the 19th century. Containing...
Vieillevigne
Château de Vieillevigne
The Château de Vieillevigne is a castle and stately home in the commune of Vieillevigne in the Haute-Garonne département of France. Originally built in the 16th century, it was transformed in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries....
Villefranche
Château de Villefranche
The Château de Villefranche is a castle and stately home in the commune of Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc in the Haute-Garonne département of France...
GersGers
The Gers is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River.Inhabitants are called les Gersois or Gersoises.-History:...
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Castles in Gers
Castles in Gers
There are numerous Castles in the Gers départment of France. Many are little more than ruins and some are barely discernible, while others have been converted into modern homes. Castles or their remains may be found at the following locations, among others:...
[This article includes Avensac, Balarin, Bassoues, Beaumont, Berrac, Bivès, Cassaigne, Castelmore, Castéra-Lectourois, Castet-Arrouy, Courrensan, Epas, Esclignac, Garranée, Gimbrède, Homps, Lagardère, Larroque-Engalin, Lasserre, Leberon, L'Isle-Bouzon, Maniban, Mansencôme, Mazères, la Mothe, Mothes, Pouypardin, Pouylebon, Pouy-Roquelaure, Pujos, Sainte-Gemme, Saint-Georges, Saint-Lary, Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac, Savignac, Sempesserre, Sérillac, Tauzia]
Bouvées
Château de Bouvées
The Château de Bouvées is a ruined castle in the commune of Labrihe in the Gers département of France.The castle was built between 1530 and 1560 by Monseigneur de Saint-Julien, bishop of Aire-sur-Adour, on the ruins of an earlier structure...
Flamarens
Château de Flamarens
The Château de Flamarens is a castle in the commune of Flamarens in the Gers département of France.A castrum is mentioned on the site in 1289 and is believed to have been remodelled in the 14th century. Additional building work and alterations were made soeem time between 1469 and about 1475 by...
Herrebouc
Château de Herrebouc
The Château de Herrebouc is a castle in the commune of Saint-Jean-Poutge in the Gers département of France.Though an older building, the present look of the castle is the result of a major campaign of construction work at the start of the 17th century. On the ground floor, the 17th century ceiling...
Homps
Château d' Homps
The Château d' Homps is a ruined castle in the commune of Homps in the Gers département of France.The 13th century fortification on a rocky outcrop was abandoned for a more comfortable house built in the 16th century. It was sold as a national asset at the time of the French Revolution and used as...
Lacassagne
Château de Lacassagne
Note: the name is frequently given as Château de La Cassagne. The name employed here is as used by the French Ministry of Culture.The Château de Lacassagne is a castle in the commune of Saint-Avit-Frandat in the Gers département of France....
Larressingle
Château de Larressingle
The Château de Larressingle is a ruined castle in the commune of Larressingle in the Gers département of France.The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century. The second and third floors were added by Arnaud Orthon de Lomagne, Bishop of Condom, between 1285 and 1305...
Mérens
Château de Mérens
The Château de Mérens is a castle in the commune of Mérens in the Gers département of France.Construction of the castle dates from the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th centuries. It was altered in the early 17th century....
Sainte-Mère
Château de Sainte-Mère
The Château de Sainte-Mère is a 13th century ruined castle in the commune of Sainte-Mère in the Gers département of France.The castle was built at the time of the Treaty of Amiens by the Bishop of Lectoure, Géraud de Monlezun. It defended the frontier of the English possessions...
Terraube
Château de Terraube
The Château de Terraube is a 13th century castle in the commune of Terraube in the Gers département of France.This Gascon castle was built around 1272 for the de Galard family, Merovingian dukes of Gascony; a date on the doorway confirms this. The de Galards have owned the castle ever since. It was...
Thibault de Termes
Château de Thibault de Termes
The Château de Thibault de Termes was a medieval castle in the French town of Termes-d'Armagnac, in the Gers département. The keep is the only vestige....
Lot (46)Barasc
Château de Barasc
The Château de Barasc is a 14th century feudal castle in the commune of Béduer in the Lot département of France. All that remains of the castle, perched on a hillside, are the restored keep and a tower...
Caïx
Capdenac
Castelnau-Bretenoux
Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux
The Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux is a castle in the commune of Prudhomat, Lot département, France. One of the most impressive in the Quercy region, it has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1862.-History:...
Larroque-Toirac
Château de Larroque-Toirac
The Château de Larroque-Toirac is a mediaeval castle in the commune of Larroque-Toirac in the Lot département of France. Its origins goe back to the 13th century and it was modified at various time up to the last quarter of the 17th century....
Mercuès
Montcuq
Pechrigal
Rocamadour
Rocamadour
Rocamadour is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It lies in the former province of Quercy.Rocamadour has attracted visitors for its setting in a gorge above a tributary of the River Dordogne, and especially for its historical monuments and its sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin...
Hautes-PyrénéesHautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...
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Lourdes
Château fort de Lourdes
The château fort de Lourdes is a historic castle located in Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France. It is strategically placed at the entrance to the seven valleys of the Lavedan...
Mauvezin
Château de Mauvezin
The Château de Mauvezin is a castle in the commune of Mauvezin in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France.The site, occupied since protohistory, was transformed into a castrum in the Middle Ages and later into a castle. The castle was built by Gaston Fébus around 1380...
Tarn (81)Castelnau-de-Lévis
Castelnau-de-Lévis
Castelnau-de-Lévis is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.It is located just west of Albi. The inhabitants are Castellévisiens.-Chateau of Castelnau-de-Lévis:...
Tarn-et-GaronneTarn-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne is a French department in the southwest of France. It is traversed by the Rivers Tarn and Garonne, from which it takes its name.-History:...
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Bruniquel
Château de Bruniquel
The Château de Bruniquel is a castle in the French commune of Bruniquel, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département of the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. Legend has it that the Merovingian queen Brunehaut founded the castle in the 6th century.- Name :...
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Nord-Pas de Calais
Nord (59)Montmonrency
Nicolas d'Avesnes
Pas-de-Calais (62)Boulogne
Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer
The Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer is a castle in the French seaport of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais département. It houses the Boulogne museum....
Fort Risban (Calais)
Hardelot
Olhain
Château d'Olhain
The Château d'Olhain is a 15th-century château located in Olhain, Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.The Château d'Olhain is probably the most famous castle of the Artois region. Its beauty is doubled by its position in the middle of a lake which reflects its...
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Pays de la Loire
Loire-AtlantiqueLoire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...
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Blain
Château de Blain
The Château de Blain is a mediaeval castle constructed in the 13th century and heavily remodelled in the 16th. It formed part of the frontier defences of Brittany along with the towns and castles of Vitré, Fougères, Châteaubriant, Ancenis and Clisson...
Careil
ducs de Bretagne
Château des ducs de Bretagne
The Château des ducs de Bretagne is a large fortified château located in the city of Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département of France; it served as the centre of the historical province of Brittany until its separation in 1941. It is located on the right bank of the Loire, which formerly fed...
Clermont
Château de Clermont
The Château de Clermont, built between 1643 and 1649, is located in the commune of Le Cellier, 27 kilometres from Nantes in France...
Clisson
Château de Clisson
The Château de Clisson is a castle in the commune of Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique département of France. It stands on the right bank of the Sèvre Nantaise.-History:...
Goulaine
Château de Goulaine
The Château de Goulaine is a château of the Loire Valley located near Nantes, France. This castle has been home to the family of the marquis de Goulaine for over a thousand years...
La Motte-Glain
Pornic
Château de Pornic
The Château de Pornic is a restored castle in the commune of Pornic in the Loire-Atlantique département of France, 50 km from Nantes. It is also known as the "Château de Barbe Bleue" because it belonged to Gilles de Rais.-Description:...
Ranrouët
Château de Ranrouët
The Château du Ranroët is a castle existing since the 12th century, located in Herbignac in the Loire-Atlantique department of France.Since 1925, the Château du Ranroët has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture....
Maine-et-LoireMaine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.- History :Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally it was called Mayenne-et-Loire, but its name was changed to Maine-et-Loire in 1791....
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Angers
Château d'Angers
The Château d'Angers is a fortress style château located in the Loire Valley that is home of the Apocalypse Tapestry.- Building description :...
Baugé
Bourmont
Brézé
Brissac
Château de Brissac
The Château de Brissac is a noble mansion in the commune of Brissac-Quincé, in the département of Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as a fortified castle by the Counts of Anjou in the 11th century. After the victory over the English by Philip II of France, he gave the property to...
Montreuil-Bellay
Château de Montreuil-Bellay
The Château de Montreuil-Bellay is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the site of a Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet River...
Montsoreau
Château de Montsoreau
The Château de Montsoreau, in the market town of Montsoreau, Maine-et-Loire, France, was constructed in 1455 by Jean de Chambes, a senior councillor to King Charles VII. Erected on the bank of the Loire river, it was a strategic fortress, controlling river traffic between Chinon and Saumur...
Plessis-Bourré
Château du Plessis-Bourré
Château du Plessis-Bourré is a château in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department.Built in less than 5 years from 1468 to 1472 by Finance Minister Jean Bourré, the principal advisor to King Louis XI, the château has not been modified...
Pouancé
Saumur
Château de Saumur
Located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire département, the Château de Saumur was originally constructed in the 10th century by Theobald I, Count of Blois, as a fortified stronghold against Norman predations. It overlooks the confluence of the Loire and the Thouet. In 1026 it came...
MayenneMayenne
Mayenne is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.-History:Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine...
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Bois Thibault
Bouillé
La Courbe
Courtaliéru
Lassay
Mayenne
Montjean
Mortiercrolles
Sainte-Suzanne
Thorigné-en-Charnie
SartheSarthe
Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...
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Ballon
VendéeVendée
The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. The name Vendée is taken from the Vendée river which runs through the south-eastern part of the department.-History:...
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Apremont
Château d'Apremont
The Château d'Apremont – portions of which are believed to date from the 13th century – is located in Apremont in the department of the Vendée, on a promontory overlooking the valley of the Vie...
Noirmoutier
Château de Noirmoutier
The Château de Noirmoutier is a castle on the Île de Noirmoutier in the Vendée département of France. It dominates the town of Noirmoutier-en-l'Île with its almost 20m high keep...
Pouzauges
Puy du Fou
Puy du Fou
Le Puy du Fou is a historical theme park in Les Epesses in the heart of the Vendée region of Western France...
Sainte-Hermine
Tiffauges
Château de Tiffauges
The Château de Tiffauges is a medieval castle situated in the French commune of Tiffauges in the Vendée département.The castle is also known as the château de Barbe-bleue after its most famous resident, Gilles de Rais, known as Barbe-bleue...
Vouvant (Tour Mélusine)
Tour Mélusine
The Tour Mélusine is the keep of a former castle in the commune of Vouvant in the département of Vendée in France.- History :The 15th century watch tower is all that remains of the ancient castle of the Lords of Lusignan, dating from 1242. There is evidence of the early 13th century enceinte...
Île d'Yeu
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu
The Vieux-château de l'île d'Yeu is a fortification île d'Yeu off the French Atlantic coast in the département of Vendée....
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Picardy
AisneAisne
Aisne is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.- History :Aisne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Île-de-France, Picardie, and Champagne.Most of the old...
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Château-Thierry
Coucy
Château de Coucy
The Château de Coucy is a French castle in the commune of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, in the département of Aisne, built in the 13th century and renovated by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th...
Fère-en-Tardenois
Fère-en-Tardenois
Fère-en-Tardenois is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France, .-Population:-Personalities:It was the birthplace of Camille Claudel , sculptor and graphic artist.-Sights:...
La Ferté-Milon
Guise
Septmonts
OiseOise
Oise is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise.-History:Oise is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Pierrefonds
Château de Pierrefonds
The Château de Pierrefonds is a castle situated in the commune of Pierrefonds in the Oise département of France. It is on the southeast edge of the Forest of Compiègne, north of Paris, between Villers-Cotterêts and Compiègne....
Montataire
SommeSomme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
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Boves
Eaucourt-sur-Somme
Ham
Château de Ham
The Château de Ham is a castle in the commune of Ham in the Somme département in Picardy, France.- History :...
Rambures
Château de Rambures
Le Château de Rambures is a castle situated in the commune of Rambures in the Somme département of France.It was constructed in the Middle Ages in the style of a military fortress of the 15th century and was one of the first castles in Europe to be constructed almost exclusively in bricks...
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Poitou-Charentes
CharenteCharente
Charente is a department in southwestern France, in the Poitou-Charentes region, named after the Charente River, the most important river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited.-History:Charente is one of the original...
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Angoulême
Château d'Angoulême
The Château d'Angoulême was a castle in the town of Angoulême, in the Charente département of France. The only remaining parts are the keep of Lusignan and the tower of Valois, which are part of the Town Hall of Angoulême, together with a construction of the 19th century.-History:The rocky outcrop...
Barbezieux
Château de Barbezieux
The Château de Barbezieux is a castle situated in the commune of Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, in the Charente département of France. It dates from 1453, though an earlier castle, of which no trace remains, stood on the site from the early 11th century...
Bouteville
Brigueuil
Chillac
Cognac
Confolens
Gourville
Jarnac
Marthon
Château de Marthon
The Château de Marthon is a ruined castle in the commune of Marthon in the Charente département of France. Only the keep remains.- History :The Marthon family was descended from the Montbrons, grandchildren of the count of Angoulême, Audouin II...
Montbron
Montignac-Charente
Château de Montignac
The Château de Montignac is a ruined castle in the commune of Montignac-Charente, in the Charente département of France. The castle is the property of the commune and has been listed since 1962 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.- History :A fortified camp existed at...
L'Oisellerie
Richemont
Rochebrune
La Rochefoucauld
Verteuil
Villebois-Lavalette
Charente-MaritimeCharente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Aulnay
Broue
Fouras
l'Isleau
Montendre
Montguyon
Nieul-lès-Saintes
Pons
Rioux
La Rochecourbon
Château de la Rochecourbon
Château de la Rochecourbon is a large château in the Charente-Maritime département of France. It is in Saint-Porchaire between Saintes and Rochefort...
Saint-Jean-d'Angle
Saint-Sauvant
Taillebourg
Château de Taillebourg
The Château de Taillebourg is a ruin from the medieval era. It is built on a rocky outcrop, overlooking the village of Taillebourg and the valley of the Charente River, in the Charente-Maritime department of France...
Vauclair
Vauclair castle
Vauclair castle, also Vauclerc castle was a castle built at La Rochelle, by Henry II of England in the 12th century....
Villeneuve-la-Comtesse
Deux-SèvresDeux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres is a French département. Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department.-History:...
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Airvault
Bressuire
Château de Bressuire
The Château de Bressuire is a ruined castle in the town of Bressuire in the Deux-Sèvres département of France.The site has been inhabited continuously since the Celtic epoch. The present castle, most probably founded at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries by the Beaumont family, occupies a...
La Chapelle-Bertrand
Cherveux
Coudray-Salbart
Château du Coudray-Salbart
The Château de Coudray-Salbart is a ruined 13th century castle in the commune of Échiré, 10km north of Niort in the Deux-Sèvres département of France....
la Guyonnière
Javarzay
Mursay
Château de Mursay
The Château de Mursay is a ruined 16th century castle in the commune of Échiré, 10 km north of Niort in the Deux-Sèvres département of France....
Niort
Oiron
Olbreuse
Parthenay
Sanzay
Château de Sanzay
The Château de Sanzay is a castle located near the village of Sanzay, in the commune of Argenton-les-Vallées in the Deux-Sèvres département of France.-History:...
Saint-Mesmin
VienneVienne
Vienne is the northernmost département of the Poitou-Charentes region of France, named after the river Vienne.- Viennese history :Vienne is one of the original 83 departments, established on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Poitou,...
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Angles-sur-l'Anglin
Chambonneau
Château de Chambonneau
The Château de Chambonneau is a castle in the commune of Gizay in the Vienne département of France that still shows good parts of the original "chateau-fort". It is built down a hill, close to the Miosson . The original castle dates from the time of Philippe VI, the beginning of the 14th century....
Cujalais
Dissay
Le Fou
Gençay
Lusignan
Château de Lusignan
The Château de Lusignan was the seat of the Lusignan family, Poitevin Marcher Lords, who distinguished themselves in the First Crusade and held the crowns of two Crusader kingdoms, the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus, and even claimed the title King of Armenia.Lusignan was...
Masseuil
La Mothe-Chandeniers
Ranton
Château de Ranton
The Château de Ranton is a small fortified castle in the village of Ranton, in the Department of the Vienne just west of Loudun, and south of the Loire. It was one of the front-line of fortresses which were built to defend the royal city of Loundun at the beginning of the Hundred Years War in...
Saint-Cassien
Touffou
Château de Touffou
The Château de Touffou is a castle, converted into a mansion, in the commune of Bonnes in the Vienne département, near Poitiers, France.- History:...
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Alpes-de-Haute-ProvenceAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.- History :Nord-de-Provence was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Sisteron
Hautes-AlpesHautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.- History :Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Alpes-MaritimesAlpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...
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Antibes
Gourdon
La Napoule
Château de la Napoule
The Château de la Napoule is a restored French castle, located in Mandelieu-la-Napoule in the Alpes-Maritimes Department of France, It is classified as an historical landmark since 1993, and the gardens are listed by the French Ministry of Culture as among the Notable gardens of France...
Nice
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Roquefort
Bouches-du-RhôneBouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:...
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Baux
Château des Baux
The Château des Baux is a fortified castle built during the 10th century, located in Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, southern France.- History :...
L'Empéri
Château de l'Empéri
The Château de l'Empéri is a 9th century castle built on the rock of Puech which dominates the immense plain of Crau in the commune of Salon-de-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhône département of France. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.The castle was the...
If
Château d'If
The Château d'If is a fortress located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France...
Ners
Château de Ners
The Château de Ners is a ruined castle standing on a hill dominating the valley of the Pichauris. It is located north east of the town of Allauch in the commune of Allauch in the Bouches-du-Rhône département of France.- History :...
Tarascon
Tarascon
Tarascon , sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.-Geography:...
Var (83)Pontevès
Château de Pontevès
The Château de Pontevès is a ruined castle in the commune of Pontevès in the Var département in Provence, southern France.The site is first recorded in a document in 1021 as the property of the monastery of Saint-Victoir in Marseille. Later, the lords of Pontevès progressively developed the site...
VaucluseVaucluse
The Vaucluse is a department in the southeast of France, named after the famous spring, the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.- History :Vaucluse was created on 12 August 1793 out of parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, and Basses-Alpes...
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Lacoste
Mornas
Murs
Thouzon
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Rhône-Alpes
AinAin
Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...
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des Allymes
Château des Allymes
Château des Allymes is a 13th century castle in Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain, France. It is the only medieval fortress in the Bugey region and was classified as a Monument historique in 1960....
Barre
Château de la Barre
The Château de la Barre is a residence in the commune of Brégnier-Cordon in the Ain département of France. It stands on the western slope of the Mont de Cordon....
la Bâtie
Cordon
Château de Cordon
The Château de Cordon is a ruined feudal castle in the commune of Brégnier-Cordon in the Ain département of France.- History :The House of Cordon is one of the oldest in the historical region of Bugey. They were invested by the Holy Roman Emperor in the 11th century...
Fort l'Écluse
Montribloud
Trévoux
ArdècheArdèche
Ardèche is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River.- History :The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc. The plateau of the Ardeche River has extensive standing stones ,...
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Aubenas (or Montlaur)
Boulogne
Chambonas
Crussol
Château de Crussol
The Château de Crussol is a mostly-ruined 13th century limestone castle in the commune of Saint-Péray that dominates the valley of Rhône, just opposite Valence in the Ardèche département, Rhône-Alpes région of France.- Location :...
Largentière
La Tourette
Maisonseule
Tournon
Vaussèche
Ventadour
Château de Ventadour (Ardèche)
The Château de Ventadour is a ruined castle in the commune of Tournon-sur-Rhône in the Ardèche département of France. Situated to the south east of Meyras, the castle has architectural elements dating from the 11th, 12th, 15th and 16th centuries....
Vogüé
DrômeDrôme
Drôme , a department in southeastern France, takes its name from the Drôme River.-History:The French National Constituent Assembly set up Drôme as one of the original 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution...
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Adhémar
Château des Adhémar
The Château des Adhémar stands on a hill in the centre of the French town of Montélimar in the Drôme département.-History:Its origins are found in the 11th century when the first castle was built by the Count of Toulouse, the Duke of Narbonne...
Albon
Château d'Albon
The Château d'Albon is a ruined castle in the commune of Albon in the Drôme département of France. The castle appears as a square tower standing on a motte.- History :The castle is located to the east of Saint-Romain-d'Albon in the commune of Albon...
Allan
Chamaret
Crest
Tour de Crest
The Tour de Crest is the imposing vestige of a castle - the Château de Crest - in the commune of Crest in the Drôme département of France, one of the highest keeps in Europe, if not the highest .- History :...
Grignan
Ratières
Rochechinard
Rochefort-en-Valdaine
Suze-la-Rousse
IsèreIsère
Isère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...
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Arthaudière
Château de l'Arthaudière
The Château de l'Arthaudière is a castle in the commune of Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne in the Isère département of France. It was the former seigniory of the Arthauds and of the La Porte. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.- History :The oldest part of the...
Bayard (Pontcharra)
Château Bayard
The Château Bayard is a castle in the commune of Pontcharra in the département of Isère , and dominates the valley of Grésivaudan in the Dauphiné Alps....
Fallavier
Château de Fallavier
The Château de Fallavier is a castle in the Isère département of France.- History :The castle dates back at least to 1250. It was enlarged and reinforced in the 13th century by the counts of Savoy, but was gradually forsaken and lay in ruins by the 17th century...
Fayet
Septème
La Sône
Virieu
LoireLoire
Loire is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.-History:Loire was created in 1793 when after just 3½ years the young Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two. This was a response to counter-Revolutionary activities in Lyon...
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Barollière
Beauregard
Chalmazel
Château de Chalmazel
The Château de Chalmazel is a castle situated in the commune of Chalmazel, in the Loire département of France. It is located in the Haut-Forez, between the towns of Saint-Étienne and Thiers. Its name in medieval times was Saint-Jehan-des-Neiges...
Châtillon-d'Azergues
Couzan
Essalois
Château d'Essalois
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.-Site of ancient occupation:...
Grangent
Château de Grangent
The Château de Grangent is a castle in the commune of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert in the Loire département of France.At the time of its construction, originally around 800, it was on a promontory standing some 50 metres above the Loire River. The building of the Grangent dam means that it is now on a...
Jarnioux
Lisieu
Montmelas
Montrond
Rapetour
la Roche
Sou
Trolanderie
Rhône (69)Bagnols
Chamelet
Chances
Châtillon
Chazay
Corcelles-en-Beaujolais
Francheville
Irigny
Jarnioux
Joux
Lissieu
Montmelas
Oingt
Pusignan
Saint-Cyr
Sou
Château du Sou
The Château du Sou, situated at the bottom of the Morgon valley, is a converted castle in the commune of Lacenas, west of Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the Rhône département of France....
Ternand
SavoieSavoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
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La Bâtie-Seyssel
Château de La Bâtie-Seyssel
The Château de La Bâtie-Seyssel is a castle in the commune of Barby in the Savoie département of France.- Position :The castle was built at the foot of Mont Pennay, on a rocky outcrop, in a bend of the Leysse river.- History :...
Beaufort
Bourdeau
Briançon
Chantemerle
Château de Chantemerle
The Château de Chantemerle is a ruined castle in the commune of La Bâthie in the Savoie département of France. It is also known locally as Château de Saint-Didier.- Position :...
Charbonnières
Châtillon
Chevron
Château de Chevron
The Château de Chevron is a redesigned and remodelled castle in the commune of Mercury in the Savoie département of France. It was owned by the powerful Chevron Villette family.-History:Pope Nicholas II was born there between 990 and 995....
Cornillon
ducs de Savoie (Chambery)
La Forest
Les Marches
Miolans
Montcharvin
La Salle
Thomas II
Tournon
Haute-SavoieHaute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont...
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Allinges (neuf)
Allinges (vieux)
Annecy
Château d'Annecy
The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie département. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, le musée-château d'Annecy. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of...
Beauregard
Bonneville
Dingy
Château de Dingy
The Château de Dingy was a castle in the commune of Dingy-Saint-Clair in the Haute-Savoie département of France.- Position :The castle overlooks the mouth of the Bluffy pass and the valley of the Fier, facing the Château d'Alex. A circle of paving stones in the yard of the primary school marks the...
Faucigny
Langin
Larringes
Menthon-Saint-Bernard
Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard
The Château de Menthon is a medieval castle located in the commune of Menthon-Saint-Bernard, south of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie department of France. Standing on a tall rock, its stone towers loom over Lake Annecy, the Roc de Chère National Nature Reserve, and Menthon-Saint-Bernard...
Montrottier
Ripaille
La Roche-sur-Foron
Sales
Château de Sales
The Château de Sales is a ruined castle in the commune of Thorens-Glières in the Haute-Savoie département of France. It is often confused with the nearby Château de Thorens.-History:...
Sallenôves
Thorens
Château de Thorens
The Château de Thorens is a castle in the commune of Thorens-Glières in the Haute-Savoie département of France. It is accessible from the north-east of Annecy by a road of about 20 km, going up to the plateau of Glières...
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Upper Normandy
EureEure
Eure is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.- History :Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
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Archives
Château Gaillard
Château-sur-Epte
Conches-en-Ouche
Gisors
Château de Gisors
The Château de Gisors is a castle in the town of Gisors in the départment of Eure, France.-History:The castle was a key fortress of the Dukes of Normandy in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was intended to defend the Anglo-Norman Vexin territory from the pretensions of the King of France...
Harcourt
Château d'Harcourt
The Château d'Harcourt, situated in the commune of Harcourt in the Eure département of France, is a masterpiece of medieval architecture...
Ivry-la-Bataille
Fort de Limaie
Les Tourelles
Château des Tourelles
The Château des Tourelles is a ruined castle in the commune of Vernon in the Eure département of France.The castle originated in 1196, when Philippe Auguste , fighting against the king of England, Richard the Lionheart, for possession of Normandy, seized Vernon and made the town a military base.The...
Seine-MaritimeSeine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
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Arques-la-Bataille
Dieppe
Château de Dieppe
The Château de Dieppe is a castle in the French town of Dieppe in the Seine-Maritime département. It has been officially classed as a Monument historique since 1862....
Ételan
Château d'Ételan
The Château d'Ételan is a historical building in the commune of Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan in the Seine-Maritime département in Normandy, France...
Fécamp
Orcher
Château d'Orcher
The Château d'Orcher is a castle in the commune of Gonfreville-l'Orcher in the Seine-Maritime département of France.Built to protect the mouth of the River Seine, it includes an imposing square crenellated tower...
Robert-le-Diable
Château de Robert-le-Diable
The Château de Robert-le-Diable is a French feudal castle from the time of the Dukes of Normandy. It is more properly, though less commonly, known as the Château de Moulineaux...
Rouen
Tancarville
Château de Tancarville
Château de Tancarville is an 11th century castle on a cliff overlooking the Seine. It is located near Tancarville in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1862 by the French Ministry of Culture.-External links:...
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