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.

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[]

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Simiane-la-Rotonde 110112-14th century Ruins La Rotonde de Simiane.JPG
Citadelle de Sisteron 130114-15th century Substantially intact Citadelle de Sisteron - Vue de l'ouest.jpg Fortifications renewed 1590-7.
Château des Templiers de Gréoux-les-Bains 120113-16th century Substantially intact Gréoulx - Chateau arrière.JPG Commune Converted to residence 16th century.

Alpes-Maritimes[]

Castles of which little remains include Château de Roquefort.

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Château Grimaldi d'Antibes Restored Walls and castle of Antibes.jpg Houses Picasso museum.
Château de Gourdon 110112th century Rebuilt Gourdon Castle01.jpg Remodelled 18th century.
Château de Lucéram 110112th/13th century Ruin Property of commune
Château de la Napoule 130114th century Restored Castle in La Napoule.jpg
Château de Nice Fragmentary remains
Château de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Roquebrune Place.JPG
Château de Villeneuve-Loubet 120113th century Restored Villeneuve village.jpg Private

Bouches-du-Rhône[]

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Château des Baux 100111-13th century Ruins Les Baux de Provence FRA 002.jpg
Château de Boulbon Ruins Château Saint Marcellin à Boulbon.JPG
Château de l'Empéri 120113th century Restored Emperi.jpg Dates from 9th century, altered 15-16th centuries.
Château d'If 15241524-31 Ruins IsledIf ChateaudIf Marseille NDDLG 11032007 JD.jpg On an island in the Bay of Marseille, used as prison, featured in The Count of Monte Cristo.
Château de Ners 110112th century Ruins Château de Ners53.JPG
Château de Tarascon 140115th century Intact Tarascon Castle on the Rhône.jpg Converted into a military prison in the 17th century.[1]
Château de Vernègues Medieval Ruins Château de Vernègues.JPG Property of the commune Destroyed 11 June 1909 by the Lambesc earthquake.

Hautes-Alpes[]

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Lesdiguières 150116th century Ruins Ruines du château de Lesdiguières2.JPG
Château de Saint-Firmin Ruins StFirmin05-001.jpg
Fort Queyras 13th-17th century Intact Chateau-Queyras 01.jpg 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.

Var[]

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Bargème Ruins Bargème - Château -1.JPG
Château de Pontevès 120113th century Ruins Ponteves1.JPG Altered and rebuilt before falling into ruin.

Vaucluse[]

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Palais des Papes, Avignon 130114th century Restored Main entrance of the Palais des Papes - 20050823.jpg 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 Crestet - Chateau 3.JPG
Château d'Entrechaux 10th-11th century Undergoing restoration Entrechaux 2 by JM Rosier.jpg
Château de Lacoste Ruins Lacoste -2- 12.06.2007.JPG A residence of the Marquis de Sade, destroyed during the French Revolution.
Château de Mornas 100111-14th century Ruins Mornas (3).JPG
Château de Murs 110112-18th century Restored Chateau Murs.jpg
Château de Pétrarque Ruins Fontaine de Vaucluse jt02.jpg
Château de Thouzon Ruins Thouzon -église Sainte Marie 2.JPG
Château de Vaison-la-Romaine Ruins Cité médiévale de Vaison - P.Munhoven2008.JPG

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Base Mérimée: Château du Roi René, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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