Castles in Occitanie
Château de Laréole
Château de Laréole was built in 1579 by Pierre de Cheverry, a son of a great pastel merchant. The construction of the castle lasted three years and the Cheverry family kept the castle until 1707. After the Great Revolution, the castle changes hands several times before it was abandoned in1922. In 1984 the General Council of Haute-Garonne bought the property and restored it. Today the site is open to the public and ...
Founded: 1579 |
Location:
Laréole, France
Château de Latoue
The Château de Latoue is a castle first built in the 12th century, with major additions and alterations in the 13th, 16th and 18th centuries.
Founded: 12th century |
Location:
Latoue, France
Château de Launac
Château de Launac was built by the viscounts of Gimoes in the 12th century. In 1148 the castle passed into the house of Isle Jourdain. Dismantled after the Treaty of Paris in 1229, the fortress was rebuilt in the fifteenth century by Carmaing Nègrepelisse. It consisted of four corner towers including an old keep from the twelfth century. This castle was undoubtedly again dismantled by Cardinal Richelieu under the r ...
Founded: 12th century |
Location:
Launac, France
Château de Loubens
From the original Château de Loubens castle remains today the main 15th and 16th century building and three towers which still bear their original Renaissance design. The north facade, facing the park, is framed by two defensive round towers. The high west walls plunge into a pond, remains of the original moat. On the south side, the castle sunny terrace overlooks the surrounding countryside. An hexagonal tower embeded i ...
Founded: 15th century |
Location:
Loubens-Lauragais, France
Château de Rudelle
The Château de Rudelle is a 16th and 17th century castle in the commune of Muret. The castle is noted for its ancient chimneys and for murals painted on the third floor. It was built by Guillaume de Rudelle, the son of Jean de Rudelle, a counsellor to the king. In 1783, Jean-Marie-Joseph Ingres, the father of the famous artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, stayed there and painted several ceilings. At the Fr ...
Founded: 16th century |
Location:
Muret, France
Château de Pibrac
Château de Pibrac was built in 1540 to the site of older castle. It was damaged during the Revolution in 1794 and restored in 1887. The renaissance style residence is built of red brick. The castle itself consists of an old body and wings. The north wing is flanked by a round tower with terrace and has a staircase. The castle park, open to the public, was designed by the landscape architect Eugène Bühler in 1897.
Founded: 1540 |
Location:
Pibrac, France
Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château
Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château was built between 1540 and 1548 at the request of the Pierre Potier Terrace, secretary and notary of king Frans I. Its architecture combines details of medieval and Renaissance style.
Founded: 1540-1548 |
Location:
Saint-Élix-le-Château, France
Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais
Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais was originally constructed in the 11th century. The first Synod of the Cathar church, known as the Council of Saint-Félix was held there in 1167. In the 14th century, the castle was transformed into a country house by a brother of Pope John XXII. The complex includes buildings from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
Founded: 13th century |
Location:
Saint-Félix-Lauragais, France
Château de Saint-Béat
Château de Saint-Béat dates from the 12th century. It was enlarged by Henri IV (1553 – 1610). Rulers rarely lived in Saint-Béat; the castle was occupied by captains until the 16th century. In 1588, the Parlement of Toulouse passed a law that required the inhabitants of Melles, Argut and Arlos by turns to guard the castle, subject to a fine of 500 écus. The castle never had to repel invasions, though its strat ...
Founded: 12th century |
Location:
Saint-Béat, France
Château de Saint-Élix-Séglan
The castle was originally constructed in the 14th century, with developments in the 15th and 17th century. The Château de Saint-Elix is a modest fortified house situated on the summit of a hill dominating the valley of the Noue River. It consists of a mediaeval nucleus, a tower-house from the 14th-15th centuries and a two-storey house built in the 17th century.
Founded: 14th century |
Location:
Saint-Élix-Séglan, France
Château Fort de Lourdes
Besieged in 778 by Charlemagne, Château Fort de Lourdes became the residence of the Counts of Bigorre in the 11th and 12th centuries. In the 13th century, it passed into the possession of the Counts of Champagne, part of the kingdom of Navarre before coming under the crown of France under Philippe le Bel. It was ceded to the English by the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, before returning to France at the start of th ...
Founded: 11th century |
Location:
Lourdes, France
Château Fort des Angles
Château Fort des Angles was built in the 13th-14th centuries. After several centuries of abandonment, it was restored in 1980s.
Founded: 13th century |
Location:
Les Angles, France
Château du Prince Noir
Château du Prince Noir was built around the year 1500, but dungeon dates from the 14th century. Today it is restored and in private use.
Founded: c. 1500 |
Location:
Arcizans-Avant, France
Château de Beaucens
The Chateau of Beaucens is a former castle of the Viscounts of Lavedan dating mainly from the 14th century. The site was transformed into a zoo, the Keep of Eagles, where there are Birds of prey flying around the ruins of the castle with a view of the Gaves valley.
Founded: 14th century |
Location:
Beaucens, France
Chateau de Bramevaque
Chateau de Bramevaque was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. The keep is well-preserved, but the enclosure and the chapel are in ruins.
Founded: 12th century |
Location:
Bramevaque, France
Château Sainte Marie
Château Sainte Marie dates from the tenth century. Built by the Counts of Bigorre it fell under the English rule in the 14th century but was be quickly reconquered by the inhabitants. Free access is on foot, by an easy path, from the village of Esterre.
Founded: 10th century |
Location:
Esterre, France
Château de Mauvezin
Château de Mauvezin, occupied since protohistory, was transformed into a castrum in the Middle Ages and later into a castle. The castle was built by Gaston Fébus (also Phoebus) around 1380. Following the merging of Bigorre into the Kingdom of France in 1607, it fell into disuse and was dismantled piece by piece, its stones being used for other buildings. Today the castle is being restored and houses a historical ...
Founded: 1380 |
Location:
Mauvezin, France
Château de Tramezaygues
Château de Tramezaygues was built in the 12th century. It served as a border watching post until the French Revolution.
Founded: 12th century |
Location:
Tramezaïgues, France
Château d'Avensac
Château d"Avensac was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1830 .
Founded: 14th century |
Location:
Avensac, France
Château d'Avezan
Château d"Avezan castle was built, probably in 1230, on the site of an older castle of which nothing remains. It was expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries. The castle was originally in the possession of the viscounts of Lomagne. In the 18th century the castle was passed into the hands of several families who lose interest and left it to decay. The castle has been restored since 1970s.
Founded: c. 1230 |
Location:
Avezan, France