List of castles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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 edit

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

Alpes-Maritimes edit

Castles of which little remains include Château de Roquefort.

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

Bouches-du-Rhône edit

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Château des Baux 100111-13th century Ruins  
Château de Boulbon Ruins  
Château de l'Empéri 120113th century Restored   Dates from 9th century, altered 15-16th centuries.
Château d'If 15241524-31 Ruins   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 Tarascon 140115th 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.

Hautes-Alpes edit

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Lesdiguières 150116th century Ruins  
Château de Saint-Firmin Ruins  
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.

Var edit

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

Vaucluse edit

Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
Palais des Papes, Avignon 130114th 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  
Château de Lacoste Ruins   A residence of the Marquis de Sade, destroyed during the French Revolution.
Château de Mornas 100111-14th century Ruins  
Château de Murs 110112-18th century Restored  
Château de Pétrarque Ruins  
Château de Thouzon Ruins  
Château de Vaison-la-Romaine Ruins  

See also edit

References edit

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