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.
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Name Date Condition Image Ownership/ Access Notes Château de Simiane-la-Rotonde 110112-14th century Ruins Citadelle de Sisteron 130114-15th century Substantially intact Fortifications renewed 1590-7. Château des Templiers de Gréoux-les-Bains 120113-16th century Substantially intact Commune Converted to residence 16th century.
Alpes-Maritimes
Castles of which little remains include Château de Roquefort.
Name Date Condition Image Ownership/ Access Notes Château Grimaldi d'Antibes Restored Houses Picasso museum. Château de Gourdon 110112th century Rebuilt Remodelled 18th century. Château de Lucéram 110112th/13th century Ruin Property of commune Château de la Napoule 130114th century Restored Château de Nice Fragmentary remains Château de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Château de Villeneuve-Loubet 120113th century Restored Private
Bouches-du-Rhône
Name Date Condition Image Ownership/ Access Notes Château des Baux 100111-13th century Ruins Château de Boulbon Ruins Château de l'Empéri 120113th century Restored Dates from 9th century, altered 15-16th centuries. Château d'If 15241524-31 Ruins On an island in the Bay of Marseille, used as prison, featured in The Count of Monte Cristo. Château de Ners 110112th century Ruins Château de Tarascon 140115th century Intact Converted into a military prison in the 17th century. Château de Vernègues Medieval Ruins Property of the commune Destroyed 11 June 1909 by the Lambesc earthquake.
Hautes-Alpes
Name Date Condition Image Ownership/ Access Notes Château de Lesdiguières 150116th century Ruins Château de Saint-Firmin Ruins Fort Queyras 13th-17th century Intact Private but open to visits in summer Strategic location above the Guil gorges. A first construction might have been built even earlier than the 13th century.
Var
Name Date Condition Image Ownership/ Access Notes Château de Bargème Ruins Château de Pontevès 120113th century Ruins Altered and rebuilt before falling into ruin.
Vaucluse
Name Date Condition Image Ownership/ Access Notes Palais des Papes, Avignon 130114th century Restored Taken over by Napoleonic French state for use as a military barracks and prison. Château de Beaumont le Vieux End of 10th century Ruin Château de Crestet Château d'Entrechaux 10th-11th century Undergoing restoration Château de Lacoste Ruins A residence of the Marquis de Sade, destroyed during the French Revolution. Château de Mornas 100111-14th century Ruins Château de Murs 110112-18th century Restored Château de Pétrarque Ruins Château de Thouzon Ruins Château de Vaison-la-Romaine Ruins
See also List of castles in France List of châteaux in France
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