Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aquitaine

Renaissance style castle
24240 Monbazillac

Monbazillac Castle, built at the end of the 15th century, dominates the Dordogne vineyards in Monbazillac. This historic monument, surrounded by moat, combines defensive architecture and Renaissance elegance.

Renaissance style castle
24530 Villars

The Château de Puyguilhem, a 16th century Renaissance building in Villars, Dordogne, combines medieval influences with the style of the Loire castles. A secondary residence near François I, it is now classified as a historical monument.

Castle
24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

The castle of Tayac, built in the 12th and 16th centuries in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in New Aquitaine, is a partially troglodytic medieval building, classified as a historical monument in 1968, now home to the National Museum of Prehistory.

Renaissance style castle
24250 Castelnaud-la-Chapelle

The Château des Milandes, built in 1489 in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne, is an emblematic monument combining medieval, neo-Gothic and Renaissance styles, famous for having sheltered Josephine Baker in the 20th century.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
24160 Excideuil

The château d'Excideuil, a former castle from the 11th to the 18th century, dominates the Loue Valley in Excideuil, Dordogne (New Aquitaine). Ranked a historic monument, it combines medieval architecture and Renaissance.

Castle
24220 Vezac

Marqueyssac Castle, built in the 15th and 17th centuries in Vézac, Dordogne, is famous for its hanging box gardens and views of the Dordogne valley, classified as a historic monument and a remarkable garden.

Byzantine architecture
24000 Périgueux

Saint-Étienne-de-la-Cité Church, a 12th-century Romanesque cathedral in Périgueux (New Aquitaine), is a historical jewel marked by its domes and its rich architectural and religious heritage, partially destroyed and restored on several occasions.

Fortification
24000 Périgueux

The Creyssac Eschif, a 14th century medieval watchtower in Périgueux, is a wood-paned building classified as a historical monument, located on the edge of the Isle in the city's protected area.