The Aguilar castle (fr. Château d’Aguilar, Languedocien: Castèl d’Aguilar) is a 12th-century castle, part of the so-called Cathar castles, located in the commune of Tuchan in the Aude department of France (Occitania). It’s a double-walled defensive castle…

The Padern castle (fr. Château de Padern) is a ruined castle in the commune of Padern in the Aude département, France (Occitania). It is part of the so-called Cathar castles of France. The castle is little known in the area, because it did not play a very…

The Quéribus castle (fr. Château de Quéribus, in Occitan – Castèl de Queribús) is a ruined Cathar castle in the commune of Cucugnan in the Aude department of France (Occitania). It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture…

The Château de Puilaurens (fr. Château de Puilaurens) is one of the Cathar castles in the commune of Lapradelle-Puilaurens in the Aude department in France (Occitania). The castle is located above the Boulzane Valley and the villages of Lapradelle and Puilaurens.…

Can Jaumar castle (cat. El castell de Can Jaumar) is a residential building in Cabrils (Maresme), Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain, that mimics a medieval castle. It was built in 1923 by Manuel Jaumar on the site of the old Can Rafart farmhouse, of medieval…

The Castle of Can Taió (El. Castell is a real pearl of its owner, Miquel Gomis i Güell. Infected by nineteenth century romanticism, Gomis decided to build a castle with a design similar to older castles, and its construction lasted until 1929. Located in…

The fort of Mont Alban is a military fortification. Built between 1557 and 1560, located on the eponymous hill, between Nice and the bay of Villefranche, Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. In France, it is one of…

The Torre de Claramunt Castle (cat. El Castell de la Torre de Claramunt), initially built in the 11th century, is a large house that was extended in several phases, the most important one was carried out by Joan de Claramunt in the 16th century (1565). Located…

The castle of Piera (the Apiaria Castrum, first called Fontanet) (cat. El castell de Piera) has been documented since 955 and occupies the site of an Iberian settlement. Located near the Church of Santa Maria, at the end of the main street, in the area of…

The Castle of Castellet (cat. El castell de Castellet) is a building of Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès) declared a cultural asset of national interest. Castellet castle was built on the top of a hill next to a meander of the Foix river, where currently…

The Saissac Castle (Château de Saissac) is a ruined castle, one of the most mysterious, little studied, oldest, and largest Cathar castles in the Languedoc region. Its walls are 115 meters long and 30 meters wide. The castle is located in the southernmost…

Lastours castles are made up of four Cathar castles, the Orbeil Valley’s “inseparable guardian brothers”, creating a unique defense complex surrounded by cypress trees. The castles are located in the commune of Lastours in the Aude department in France (Occitania)…

The castle of Sant Ferran (cat. El castell de Sant Ferran) is a fortress of the municipality of Figueres (Alt Empordà), Girona province, Catalonia, Spain, declared a cultural asset of national interest. It is located on a hill near the Pyrenees and occupies…

The castle of Peralada (cat. El castell de Peralada) is a monument of the municipality of Peralada (Alt Empordà, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain) declared a cultural asset of national interest. It is a castle already mentioned in the 9th century with the…

The castle of Requesens (cat. El castell de Requesens) is located on a hill, which dominates all the southern valleys of the Puig Neulós mountains, about 7 km east of the neighborhood of Requesens, Girona province, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. Its territory…

Modern castles in Catalonia: Masllorenç, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.  Maslloréns (officially Masllorenç in Catalan) is a Spanish municipality in the Catalan region of Baix Penedès, Tarragona. Its population according to 2018 data was 498 inhabitants.…

The Empordà castle (cat. El castell d’Empordà), located in the homonymous town, Girona province, Catalonia,  Spain, is a large house with an antic square keep tower and the rest built in the 17th and 18th centuries. It has, however, gothic elements incorporated.…

The castle of Balsareny (cat. El castell de Balsareny) is a fortress of a Catalan civil Gothic style, located on top of a hill, over the municipality of Balsareny, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain, and dated to 951. It is declared cultural asset of national…

The Urtubie castle (Le château d’Urtubie) is located in the municipality of Urrugne, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France, Pyrenees, three kilometres from Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The castle was resurrected in 1505 from the…

Château du Plessis (Pont-Saint-Martin) near Nantes. From 1404, the domain belonged to the Viscounts of Rezé, then it became the seat of the seigneury of Pont-Saint-Martin in the 18th century. Nicolas Roche de Fermoy, trader and shipowner from Nantes, became…