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Castle Attractions In Occitanie

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Occitanie or Occitania is an administrative region of France that was created on January 1st, 2016 from former French regions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. France's Conseil d'État approved Occitanie as the new name of the region on September 28th 2016, effective from September 30th 2016.The modern administrative region is named after the cultural and historical region of Occitania, which covers a larger area. The modern administrative area covers a similar area to that ruled by the Counts of Toulouse in the 12th and 13th centuries. The banner of arms of those counts, known colloquially as the Occitan cross, is used by the modern region and...
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Castle Attractions In Occitanie

  • 1. The Royal Castle (Chateau Royal) Collioure
    This is the list of châteaux, which are located in Languedoc-Roussillon.
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  • 3. Chateau de l'Engarran Laverune
    The Château de l'Engarran is an 18th-century Montpellier folly in Hérault in France, on the road between Juvignac and Lavérune. It was built around 1750 on the site of a house dating to 1632. A historic monument since 31 May 1926 , it has belonged to the same family for five generations and is part of the Engarran domain in the AOC Coteaux du Languedoc.
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  • 5. Chateau de Calmont d'Olt Espalion
    The Château de Calmont d'Olt is a castle situated in France, in the Aveyron département in the commune of Espalion. Perched atop a basalt dyke at an altitude of 535 m, it overlooks from 100 m the town of Espalion and the valley of the Lot. It provides a panoramic view of the Aubrac highlands.
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  • 8. Chateau Fort of Lourdes Lourdes
    The château fort de Lourdes 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. Since 1933, it has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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  • 10. Chateau de Castanet Villefort
    The castle of Castanet is a French castle built in the 16th century in Pourcharesse near Villefort in Lozère, France.
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  • 13. Chateau de la Grange des Pres Pezenas
    The site of the Château de Pézenas, a ruined medieval castle in the French town of Pézenas, in the département of Hérault, is currently being refurbished with a view to opening to the public.A castle is first mentioned on the site, a butte just outside and dominating the town, around 990. However, a plaque on the site claims that it was founded by the Celts in 407BC and that the site was also a fortress of Julius Caesar. A document of 1118 records that the Count of Béziers, Bernard Athon, ceded the castellum of Pézenas to his son, Raimon. Louis VIII, in 1226, and Louis IX in 1252, stayed here. The castle became a royal castellany in 1262. The latest castle was originally built by the Duc de Montmorency, François de Montmorency in 1575 on the domain of Granges des Près. It had seve...
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  • 14. Chateau de Portes Ales
    The château de l'Horizon is a Modernist villa that was constructed in 1932 by the American architect Barry Dierks for the actress Maxine Elliott. The villa is located on shores of the Golfe-Juan at Vallauris. The residence has received a number of distinguished guests, including Sir Winston Churchill, who was a regular guest between 1934 and 1940. Prince Ali Khan purchased the villa in 1948 and his marriage to Rita Hayworth was celebrated here the following year.
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