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[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)
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