Castles in Haute-Loire

Château fort
43230 Domeyrat

The Domeyrat Castle, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Domeyrat (Haute-Loire), is a medieval donjon-residence listed as a historical monument, emblematic of the Auvergnate cantoned architecture.

Château fort
43130 Retournac

The château de Mercuret, a 15th-15th-century fortified house in Returnnac (Haute-Loire), illustrates the rustic architecture of the Velay, transformed after the Middle Ages. Registered as a Historical Monument in 1994.

Torsiac

Torsiac Castle, located in the Haute-Loire in Torsiac, is a medieval building renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries, emblematic of the Alagnon valley.

Château de style Classique
43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette

The Château de Chavaniac, a 14th-century fortress renovated in the 18th century, is located in Chavaniac-Lafayette in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. He is famous as home of the Marquis de La Fayette, a Franco-American hero.

Château de style Renaissance
43110 Aurec-sur-Loire

Aurec Castle, a 15th and 16th century fortress in Aurec-sur-Loire in Haute-Loire, is a listed historical monument combining medieval architecture and 18th century décor.

Château fort
43270 Allègre

The ruins of the castle of Allègre, a fortified building of the 14th and 15th centuries, dominate the town of Allègre in Haute-Loire. Ranked a historic monument in 1935, it bears witness to a remarkable medieval architecture with its 23 towers and truncated mâchicoulis, before its devastating fire in 1698.

Château de style Renaissance
43800 Lavoûte-sur-Loire

The Château de Lavoûte-Polignac, built in the 14th century in Lavoûte-sur-Loire in Haute-Loire, was the historical residence of the family of Polignac, combining medieval architecture and transformations of the 17th and 19th centuries.

Château
43800 Beaulieu

The castle of Adiac, an old house fort dating back to the 15th and 18th centuries, stands in Beaulieu in Haute-Loire, combining medieval architecture and classical changes around a U-shaped courtyard.