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This list of châteaux in France is arranged by region. The French word château ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑto] ; plural: châteaux ) has a wider meaning than the English castle : it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by region and department. Notes The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle : it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.
Below is a list of airports in France, grouped by department and sorted by commune. France is a country with its main territory in Western Europe , with several overseas territories and islands . The area known as metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , as well as from the Rhine to the ...
This list of castles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is a list of medieval castles or châteaus forts in the region in southern France. Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia .
Note: The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English. This category focuses primarily on architectural entities that may be properly termed castle or fortress (French: château-fort ), and excludes entities not built ...
Category: Castles in France by region. 3 languages. ... Castles in Occitania (administrative region) (14 C) P. Castles in Pays de la Loire (1 C, 24 P)
The castle is on two levels. The higher part is built on a narrow ridge approximately 25 m wide and 80 m long (~81 by 260 ft), orientated south-south-west to north-north-east. It consists of a long residential building flanked at each end by circular towers about 10 m (~33 ft) in diameter.
View from south-west The Notre-Dame-du-Château chapel Altar from Saint-Pierre de Lourdes, now in the chapel. The château fort de Lourdes (Gascon: Castèth de Lorda) is a historic castle located in Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France. It is strategically placed at the entrance to the seven valleys of the Lavedan. [1]