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 château 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 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.

Alpes-Maritimes

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 12th century Rebuilt Remodelled 18th century.
Château de Lucéram 12th/13th century Ruin Property of commune
Château de la Napoule 14th century Restored
Château de Nice Fragmentary remains
Château de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Château de Villeneuve-Loubet 13th century Restored Private

Bouches-du-Rhône

Name
 Date
 Condition
 Image Ownership
/ Access		 Notes
Château des Baux 11-13th century Ruins
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.

Hautes-Alpes

Name
 Date
 Condition
 Image Ownership
/ Access		 Notes
Château de Lesdiguières 16th 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

Name
 Date
 Condition
 Image Ownership
/ Access		 Notes
Château de Bargème Ruins
Château de Pontevès 13th century Ruins Altered and rebuilt before falling into ruin.

Vaucluse

Name
 Date
 Condition
 Image Ownership
/ Access		 Notes
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
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
Château de Pétrarque Ruins
Château de Thouzon Ruins
Château de Vaison-la-Romaine Ruins

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Château de Tarascon". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
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