Castles in Haute-Loire

43000 Polignac

The Château du Cheylon, located near Polignac in Haute-Loire, is a medieval building perched on a rocky piton overlooking the Borne River. Accessible freely, it preserves a 15th century tower.

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 fort
43450 Blesle

The old castle of Mercœur, known as the Twenty Angles Tower, is a 13th century castle located in Blesle in the Haute-Loire, marked by its 26-metre rectangular dungeon and medieval history in Auvergne.

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 Médiéval et Renaissance
43350 Saint-Paulien

The Château de la Rochelambert, built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 16th century, dominates the Borne valley in Saint-Paulien (Haute-Loire). Backed by a basaltic cast, this castle controlled a major historical path between Lyon and Aquitaine.

43190 Tence

The Château du Besset, located in Tence in Haute-Loire, is a 14th, 15th and 18th century fortress, renovated in the 19th century, classified as a historical monument for its medieval dungeon and hybrid architecture.

43510 Saint-Jean-Lachalm

The castle of Mirmande, in ruins, is an ancient medieval castle located in Saint-Jean-Lachalm in Haute-Loire, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. There is only one wall and a chapel attested from 1096.

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.