The Château de Pau dominates the center of the city Pau. Henry IV of France and Navarre was born here on December 13, ...
The Château de l"Empéri is a 9th-century castle built on the rock of Puech which dominates the immense plain of C ...
The Roman wall in the old town of Le Mans is one of the best of its type still extant in France. The 1300m long construction ...
The Château de Tarascon is in a remarkable state of conservation, thanks to the restoration work carried out by the architec ...
The Château d'Ussé stronghold at the edge of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley was first fortified in the 11th ...
In the heart of the Septmonts village lies the remains of the Château de Septmonts, of which the principal remains are of th ...
The Ramparts of Senlis consist of the Gallo-Roman city walls and medieval ramparts proper. The Gallo-Roman walls are some of ...
Château d"Harcourt, built between the 13th and 15th centuries, is the best-preserved castle in Chauvigny. In the 13th ...
The Château de Saumur, originally built as a castle and later developed as a château was originally constructed in the 10th ...
The Grosse Cloche is one of the oldest belfries in France, in the heart of Bordeaux. It was built in the 8th century AD to th ...
Kintzheim was known in the 6th century under the name of Regis Villa. The Merovingian kings had made it into the center of a ...
The Norman Château de Caen was built in c. 1060 by William the Conqueror, who successfully conquered England in 1066. H ...
The Château de Fougères is an impressive castle with curtain wall and 13 towers. It had three different enclosures, first f ...
Formerly the residence of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais (along with the Tuileries), Château de Malmaison was ...
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a former royal palace which houses today the National Museum of Archaeology. The first c ...
The original Longwy village developed on a widened plateau and was eventually linked to the Chiers valley, divided into two t ...
Château de Niort is a medieval castle in the French town of Niort. It consists of two square towers, linked by a 15th-centu ...
Built by Vauban in 1681 and fortified by Napoleon III, the fortress dominates the city of Villefranche-de-Conflent with its r ...
Bruniquel castle is often called Châteaux de Bruniquel (i.e. castles, plural). This is because, two centuries after its cons ...
The Genoese Citadel is the main part of the town of Calvi, and its most important historical monument. It was a military outp ...