Since the pre-Roman period, a fortified settlement has existed on the hill where Carcassonne now stands. In its present form ...
The Château Comtal (Count’s Castle) is a medieval castle within the Cité of Carcassonne, the largest city in Europe with ...
The Musée Toulouse-Lautrec is an art museum in Albi. It is dedicated mainly to the work of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lau ...
The Château Royal de Collioure is a massive French royal castle in the town of Collioure, a few kilometers north of the Span ...
The Duchy of Uzès castle is built on an old Roman Castrum (camp) which became the residence of the Governor in the fir ...
The treaty of Meaux-Paris, signed in 1229 at the end of the Albigensian Crusade, handed the French crown land to the west of ...
Besieged in 778 by Charlemagne, Château Fort de Lourdes became the residence of the Counts of Bigorre in the 11th and 12t ...
Château de Peyrepertuse is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French Pyr&eac ...
From 990 AD, Château de Castelnou served as the administrative and military capital of the Viscount of Vallespir. Its irregu ...
The Château de Foix dominates the town of Foix. An important tourist site, it is known as a centre of the Cathars. Built on ...
The Palace of the Kings of Majorca is a palace and a fortress with gardens overlooking the city of Perpignan. In 1276, King J ...
The Château de Belcastel is situated above the north bank of the Aveyron River, downstream from Rodez. The oldest part of th ...
Forteresse de Salses was built between 1497 and 1504, at the order of Ferdinand II of Aragon. It was designed by engineer Fra ...
Château d'Estaing was built built around the medieval square keep in the 15th-17th centuries. The original chapel was built ...
The Château de Sévérac is a 13th century castle which was restored in the 18th century. The castle site has belonged to se ...
Château de La Garde-Guérin was originally built in the 12th century to protect dangerous route against local robbers. The ...
Château de Quéribus is a ruined castle in the commune of Cucugnan. It is one of the 'Five Sons of Carcassonne', along with ...
The first reference to a castle in the village of Penne dates from 825 AD and its first known señor was Geoffroi, mentioned ...
The Châteaux de Lastours are four so-called Cathar castles on a rocky spur above the village of Lastours, isolated by t ...
The Chateau of Beaucens is a former castle of the Viscounts of Lavedan dating mainly from the 14th century. The site was tra ...