List of castles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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This list of castles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is a list of medieval castles or châteaus forts in the region in southern France.
Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Simiane-la-Rotonde | 12-14th century | Ruins | |||
Citadelle de Sisteron | 14-15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Fortifications renewed 1590-7. | |
Château des Templiers de Gréoux-les-Bains | 13-16th century | Substantially intact | Commune | Converted to residence 16th century. |
Castles of which little remains include Château de Roquefort.
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château Grimaldi d'Antibes | Restored | ![]() |
Houses Picasso museum. | ||
Château de Gourdon | 12th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Remodelled 18th century. | |
Château de Lucéram | 12th/13th century | Ruin | Property of commune | ||
Château de la Napoule | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Château de Nice | Fragmentary remains | ||||
Château de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin | |||||
Château de Villeneuve-Loubet | 13th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château des Baux | 11-13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Château de Boulbon | Ruins | ||||
Château de l'Empéri | 13th century | Restored | ![]() |
Dates from 9th century, altered 15-16th centuries. | |
Château d'If | 1524-31 | Ruins | ![]() |
On an island in the Bay of Marseille, used as prison, featured in The Count of Monte Cristo. | |
Château de Ners | 12th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Tarascon | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Converted into a military prison in the 17th century.[1] | |
Château de Vernègues | Medieval | Ruins | Property of the commune | Destroyed 11 June 1909 by the Lambesc earthquake. |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Lesdiguières | 16th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Saint-Firmin | Ruins | ![]() |
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Fort Queyras | 13th-17th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private but open to visits in summer | Strategic location above the Guil gorges. A first construction might have been built even earlier than the 13th century. |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Bargème | Ruins | ||||
Château de Pontevès | 13th century | Ruins | Altered and rebuilt before falling into ruin. |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Palais des Papes, Avignon | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Taken over by Napoleonic French state for use as a military barracks and prison. | |
Château de Beaumont le Vieux | End of 10th century | Ruin | |||
Château de Crestet | |||||
Château d'Entrechaux | 10th-11th century | Undergoing restoration | ![]() |
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Château de Lacoste | Ruins | A residence of the Marquis de Sade, destroyed during the French Revolution. | |||
Château de Mornas | 11-14th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Murs | 12-18th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Château de Pétrarque | Ruins | ![]() |
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Château de Thouzon | Ruins | ||||
Château de Vaison-la-Romaine | Ruins |
See also
References
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château du Roi René, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)