Chateaux of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Château de Pau

Pau, France
12th century

Château-Vieux

Bayonne, France
11th century

Château-Neuf

Bayonne, France
15th century

Fort de Socoa

Ciboure, France
17th century

Château d'Abbadie

Hendaye, France
1864-1879

Château de Morlanne

Morlanne, France
1370

Château Moncade

Orthez, France
1242

Château de Bellocq

Bellocq, France
1281

Château de Gramont

Bidache, France
14th century

Château d'Urtubie

Urrugne, France
1341

Château de Montaner

Montaner, France
11th century

Château de Mauléon

Mauléon-Licharre, France
13th century

Château de Belzunce

Ayherre, France
13th century

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Fiskebäckskil Church

Fiskebäckskil Church replaced in 1772 the earlier wooden church from 1500s. The beautiful paintings in ceilings were made in 1783 by Joachim Gotthard Reimers. The altar dates from 1665.