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Château de Chaumont is a ruined château undergoing restoration. It is located in Chaumont, straddling the municipalities of Mainsat and La Serre-Bussière-Vieille, in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Ruins On an island in the Bay of Marseille, used as prison, featured in The Count of Monte Cristo. Château de Ners: 12th century Ruins Château de Tarascon: 15th century Intact Converted into a military prison in the 17th century. [1] Château de Vernègues: Medieval Ruins Property of the commune Destroyed 11 June 1909 by the Lambesc earthquake.
Château de Chaumont stands above the River Loire. The name Chaumont derives from the French chauve mont, meaning "bald hill". [1] The first castle on this site, situated between Blois and Amboise, was built by Odo I, Count of Blois, in the 10th century, with the purpose of protecting his lands from attacks by his feudal rival, Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou. [2]
Château Gaillard (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto ɡajaʁ]) is a medieval castle ruin overlooking the River Seine above the commune of Les Andelys, in the French department of Eure, in Normandy. It is located some 95 kilometres (59 mi) north-west of Paris and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Rouen .
Ruins of Château de Reichenstein. Château de Reichenstein (Reichenstein Castle) is a ruined castle in the commune of Riquewihr, in the department of Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. It has been a listed historical monument since 1990. [1] [2] The ruin lies in the valley of the Sambach (a local brook).
The ruins of Montségur are perched at a precarious 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) altitude in the south of France near the Pyrenees.Located in the heart of France's Languedoc-Occitanie regions, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Carcassonne, Montségur dominates a rock formation known as a pog — a term derived from the Languedocien dialect of Occitan — puòg or puèg, meaning "peak, hill, mountain."
Château de La Roche-Maurice, at La Roche-Maurice (ruin) Château de La Roche-Moisan, at Arzano (ruin) Château de Rustéphan, at Pont-Aven (ruin) Manoir de Stang-al-lin, at Concarneau; Château du Taureau, at Carantec, on the bay of Morlaix (castle) Château de Trémazan, at Landunvez; Château de Trévarez, at Saint-Goazec
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