The castle of Penyafort (cat. El castell de Penyafort) is located to the south of Santa Margarida i els Monjos, near the river Foix and close to a series of industries. It is a complex formed by the remains of the old fortified village of Penyafort (circular…

The Perafita castle (cat. El Castell de Perafita) – quadrangular building with two large towers on each side. The main body is ground floor, two upper floors and roof. On the ground floor there is a semicircular voussoir door, on the first floor two twin…

Pau castle (fr. Château de Pau) castle rises above the Gave de Pau river in the Pau city center, department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Its two most ancient towers were built in the 12th century. The castle was turned into…

The Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is a castle located in Bizanet, in France, Aude department, Occitania. Around 1020, a Guillelmus Hibrini paid homage and took an oath of loyalty to the Viscount of Narbonne and his wife for the castles of Durban and Saint…

Ruined Coustaussa castle (fr. Château de Coustaussa) and the modern village of the same name can be found in the Aude department, in Occitania, France. This is the same valley which not only people inhabited from the very beginning of time, but also dinosaurs…

Cavanac (French: Cavanac) is a small village in the south of France, located in the Pyrenees, at the Corbières foothills, it is the Aude Department commune (Occitania). Included in the East Carcassonne canton. Cavanac is considered the first domiciled settlement…

Socoa Fort in Ciboure is located in the Atlantic Pyrenees Department (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It was built under King Louis XIII (father of the “Sun King”), and then improved by Sebastien Vauban – a famous French engineer…

De la Hille Castle (fr. Château de la Hille) was built at the beginning of the 16th century; its construction marks the end of the territorial wars between the counts of Toulouse and Foix in Montégut-Plantaurel. Montégut-Plantaurel is a commune located in…

Llers Castle (cat. El Castell de Llers) is a fortress in the municipality of Llers (Alt Empordà), Girona province,  Catalonia, Spain declared a cultural asset of national interest. In the Middle Ages, Llers was a border place between the counties of Besalú…

The castle of Les Escaules (cat. El castell de les Escaules, o el baluard del castell de Llers), or the bastion of Llers castle, is a monument of the town of Les Escaules, in the municipality of Boadella and Les Escaules (Alt Empordà), Girona province, Catalonia…

Castle Concabella Concabella’s lands are located just in the neighbourhood of the tribe of the lacetans (cat. Lacetans), who occupied the territory of the present districts of Urgell (cat. Urgell), Segarra (cat. Segarra) Anoia (cat. Anoia) and Bages (cat.…

The Château de Beaulon is a château—castle located in the town of Saint-Dizant-du-Gua, near the southwestern coast in the Charente-Maritime department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The privately owned château, gardens, and landscape park, a Monument historique…

Begur Castle (cat. El Castell de Begur) is a monument of the municipality of Begur (Baix Empordà) declared a cultural asset of national interest, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. The remains of the castle are located above a promontory that dominates the…

Rupià is a municipality in the Baix Empordà region, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain, on the hill Montori, vestiges of an indigenous village, occupied until the 1st century. In the place of Brancós, around the Mas Llorà, which preserves elements anterior…

The Verges castle (cat. El castell de Verges) was the original town of Verges, in the Baix Empordà, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. The castle was located at the top of a hill, in the place where the walled town centre of the medieval town was located…

Hostalric Castle-Fortress is a medieval fortification in the municipality of Hostalric (Selva), Girona province,  Catalonia, Spain. It is located on a narrow basalt rock outcrop on the left bank of the Tordera river, at its confluence with the Arbúcies stream.…

Bidache Castle (le château de Bidache) is located in the eponymous town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, 30 km east of Bayonne. Bidache’s peculiarity was that it was located outside the borders of both France and Navarre…

The castle of Milmanda (cat. El castell de Milmanda) is a construction of the municipal district of Vimbodí i Poblet, in the Conca de Barberà, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on some primitive Iberian, Greek and roman settlements. It has…

Vila-rodona castle (cat. El castell de Vila-rodona) is an example of the evolutionary achievements of some of the fortifications built between the 10th and 12th centuries at Gaià river, Alt Camp, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. Its remains, that right…

The castle of l’Espunyola (cat. El castell de l’Espunyola) is a building of medieval origin, of Romanesque style, located in the municipal district of L’Espunyola, in Berguedà, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. The remains are located on a small elevation…

The episcopal Castle d’Artés (cat. El castell bisbal d’Artés) in the municipality of Artés (Bages), Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain, is a declared asset of national interest. It is built on top of a hill in the northern part of the village. At the summit…