The castle of Lachassagne (château de Lachassagne) is located in the Rhône department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (Massif Central, France). The Domaine du Château de Lachassagne offers panoramic views of the Saône river plain. It was built in 1830 on the…

Breil castle (fr. Château Du Breil) is located in La Haie-Fouassière commune, about 15 minutes from Nantes and its international airport. La Haie-Fouassière is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, Pays de la Loire region. This 19th…

Château du Platane is located in Saint-Gervais in the Vendée department in western France, Pays de la Loire, 40 minutes from Nantes. 70 Rue du Villebon, 85230 Saint-Gervais, France Private property, closed for public. Shortest distances by car From Paris:…

The castle of Súria is a castle in the municipality of Súria (Bages), Barcelona province,  Catalonia,  Spain. It is located at the highest part of a hill that dominates the River Cardener. It is a declared a cultural asset of national interest. At the moment…

Butrón castle (Basque: Butroeko gaztelua) is located in Gatika, in the province of Biscay, in northern Spain (Basque country), about an hour trip by car from Bilbao. It dates originally from the Middle Ages, although it owes its present appearance to an almost…

Fort Carré, often Fort Carré d’Antibes, is a 16th-century star-shaped fort of four arrow-head shaped bastions, that stands on the outskirts of Antibes, France. Henri de Mandon built the fort and then during the 17th century, the Marquis de Vauban redeveloped…

Pobla de Claramunt castle (El castell de la Pobla de Claramunt) is a medieval castle from the 10th century, of Romanesque style, located in the Serra de la Guàrdia, dominating the municipality of La Pobla de Claramunt, on the right bank of the Anoia river…

De Joyeuse Duces’ castle (fr. Château des ducs de Joyeuse) or Couiza castle is located a few kilometers from the small town of Couiza, Aude department, approximately 40 km from Carcassonne, in the very heart of Haute-Vallée de l’Aude in the place where the…

Among the main attractions of Foix is the castle (Chateau de Foix). Foix is a commune in the Ariège department (Pyrenees, France, Occitania). The documented history of the castle begins in 987. From 1034, it became the main citadel of the county of Foix,…

The castle of Penyafort (cat. El castell de Penyafort) is located to the south of Santa Margarida i els Monjos, near the river Foix and close to a series of industries. It is a complex formed by the remains of the old fortified village of Penyafort (circular…

The Perafita castle (cat. El Castell de Perafita) – quadrangular building with two large towers on each side. The main body is ground floor, two upper floors and roof. On the ground floor there is a semicircular voussoir door, on the first floor two twin…

Pau castle (fr. Château de Pau) castle rises above the Gave de Pau river in the Pau city center, department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Its two most ancient towers were built in the 12th century. The castle was turned into…

The Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is a castle located in Bizanet, in France, Aude department, Occitania. Around 1020, a Guillelmus Hibrini paid homage and took an oath of loyalty to the Viscount of Narbonne and his wife for the castles of Durban and Saint…

Ruined Coustaussa castle (fr. Château de Coustaussa) and the modern village of the same name can be found in the Aude department, in Occitania, France. This is the same valley which not only people inhabited from the very beginning of time, but also dinosaurs…

Cavanac (French: Cavanac) is a small village in the south of France, located in the Pyrenees, at the Corbières foothills, it is the Aude Department commune (Occitania). Included in the East Carcassonne canton. Cavanac is considered the first domiciled settlement…

Socoa Fort in Ciboure is located in the Atlantic Pyrenees Department (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It was built under King Louis XIII (father of the “Sun King”), and then improved by Sebastien Vauban – a famous French engineer…

De la Hille Castle (fr. Château de la Hille) was built at the beginning of the 16th century; its construction marks the end of the territorial wars between the counts of Toulouse and Foix in Montégut-Plantaurel. Montégut-Plantaurel is a commune located in…

Llers Castle (cat. El Castell de Llers) is a fortress in the municipality of Llers (Alt Empordà), Girona province,  Catalonia, Spain declared a cultural asset of national interest. In the Middle Ages, Llers was a border place between the counties of Besalú…

The castle of Les Escaules (cat. El castell de les Escaules, o el baluard del castell de Llers), or the bastion of Llers castle, is a monument of the town of Les Escaules, in the municipality of Boadella and Les Escaules (Alt Empordà), Girona province, Catalonia…

Castle Concabella Concabella’s lands are located just in the neighbourhood of the tribe of the lacetans (cat. Lacetans), who occupied the territory of the present districts of Urgell (cat. Urgell), Segarra (cat. Segarra) Anoia (cat. Anoia) and Bages (cat.…