The Saint Elm Castle (cat. Castell de Sant Elm o Torre de la Guàrdia), sometimes referred to as Sant Telm, is located in the communal area of Collioure in thr Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, in the north of the historic region of Catalonia.…

Belflou Castle is a castle located in Belflou (Aude department), Occitania, France. Belflou Castle (mainly 13th – 14th centuries) was originally a forcia, i.e. a secondary feudal fortress, probably consisting of a keep that became the south square tower,…

The Puivert Castle (Languedocien: Castèl de Puègverd) is a Cathar castle located in the Puivert commune, in the Aude Department (Occitania, France). The castle has the status of being a monument of the history of the French Ministry of Culture since 1907…

Montségur castle (Fr. Château de Montségur) is a former fortress near Foix, a commune in the Ariège department in southern France (Occitania, Pyrenees). Its ruins are the site of a razed stronghold of the Cathars. The present fortress on the site, though…

Arques Castle (fr. Le château d’Arques or Arcas in Occitan) is an ancient fortified building of the late thirteenth century, which is located in the city of the same name, southeast of Carcassonne in the Aude department (Occitania, France, Pyrenees). It is…

Pailhes Castle (fr. le château de Pailhès) is the medieval castle lost among the trees on the mountain top, hanging over the village of the same name, located on the banks of the river Lèze. The Pailhes village together with the neighboring parishes was formerly…

Cabezac castle (fr. Château de Cabezac) vineyards are located in the municipalities of Bize-Minervois, Agel and Ginestas, Aude department, Occitania, France. A castle rooted in the history of France at the crossroads of tourist roads to Narbonne, Montpellier…

Castle of the Archbishops of Narbonne (fr. Château des archevêques de Narbonne), also known as the castle of Capestang, is a medieval building from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries listed as historical monument. It is located in the town of Capestang…

Jonquières castle (fr. Château de Jonquières) is a winery in the Hérault department in Occitania, France. It’s one of the oldest family wine estates in the Languedoc. The Château de Jonquières is a 17th century building listed as a historical monument. The…

Guilhem castle (fr. Château des Guilhem) is a medieval castle in the town of Clermont-l’Hérault in the Hérault département, Occitania, France. The castle has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1927. Built for the…

Château de Peyrepertuse (Occitan: Castèl de Pèirapertusa) is an ancient Cathar fortified castle, now in ruins, whose remains stand in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse in the Aude department, Occitania region (France). It is located on a limestone…

Malmont castle (fr. Château de Malmont) is a castle near Montpellier in Hérault department, Occitania, France. In the heart of lush greenery, surrounded by 20 ha of farmland, Malmont is a wine-growing castle dating from the end of the 19th century, with its…

Château de Grézan Art & Culture Centre is a castle and a winery near Montpellier in Hérault department, Occitania, France. It’s one of the jewels of the Biterrois wine chateaux. From the end of the 12th century to 1307, the Order of the Knights Templiers…

Cassan Abbey (fr. Château-abbaye de Cassan) is an 18th-century building in France, classified as a historical monument. It is located in Roujan commune, Hérault département, Occitania, near Montpellier. The Augustinian priory was founded in 1080, on land…

Château de Margon is a historic monument in Margon, Hérault department, between Beziers and Montpellier in Occitania, France. It was listed in 1937, partially classified in 20171 and awarded the “remarkable garden” label. The imposing 12th-century fortress…

The Lézignan-la-Cèbe castle (fr. Château de Lézignan-la-Cèbe) near Montpellier. Lézignan-la-Cèbe is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitania region in southern France. According to the Ministry of Culture of France, the castle was built between…

The Sacristains castle (fr. Chateau les Sacristains) is a castle in Montagnac near Montpellier. Montagnac is a commune in the south of the Hérault department in the Occitania region (France). The Domain Château Les Sacristains was established in the XIV century…

D’O Castle (fr. Château d’O), also known as Domaine d’O, is one of the chateaux, old country mansions or follies, built by wealthy merchants, from the 18th century onwards, surrounding the city of Montpellier in Hérault department, Occitania, France. The…

The Grammont castle (fr. Château de Grammont) is located in Montpellier in Hérault department, Occitania, France. In the 13th century, the Montaut family built a fortified castle in a fief belonging to Simon de Montfort, who led the Crusade against the Cathars.…

The Castries castle (fr. Château de Castries) located in Castries, 15 km east of Montpellier, in Hérault department, Occitania, France. Castries got its name from an ancient roman castrum built on the Via Domitia. The estate has belonged to the House of Castries…