Castles in the Ain

Château
01440 Viriat

The castle of Fleyriat, located in Viriat in the Ain, is a 18th and 19th century building, combining agricultural farm and neo-Renaissance castle, surrounded by an English landscaped park.

Château de style éclectique et baroque
01260 Valromey-sur-Séran

Machuraz Castle, located in Vieu, Ain, is a 16th-century building renovated in the 19th century, combining Gothic architecture and medieval wine history.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
01240 Certines

The castle of Genoud, a former 14th century castle rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries, stands in Certines (Ain), in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ranked a historic monument, it was the center of the seigneury of Genost.

Château fort
01800 Le Montellier

The castral complex of the Montellier, a former castle with a motte of the 13th-XIVth centuries, dominates the commune of Montellier (Ain). Ranked a historic monument, it illustrates medieval military architecture in Savoyard bricks with cylindrical dungeon and fortified lower courtyard.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
01090 Montceaux

The Château de la Bâtie à Montceaux, a former castle of the 13th, 16th and 19th centuries, stands in the Ain in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. A fortress in red bricks, it was a strategic place between Kingdom and Empire.

Château de plaisance
01160 Pont-d'Ain

The Château de Pont-d'Ain, built in the 14th century and rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries, dominates the commune of Pont-d'Ain en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Former Savoyard fortress, it combines medieval architecture and classical transformations, surrounded by a historic park.

Château fort
01420 Chanay

The castle of Dorches, built in the 12th century in Chanay in the Ain, is an ancient castle of which remains only ruins. It dominated the Dorches waterfall and was an important seigneurial centre in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Château de style néo-gothique
01160 Varambon

The castle of Varambon, built in the 18th and 19th centuries in Varambon (Ain), is a historical monument inscribed in 2007, succeeding a medieval castle destroyed and rebuilt several times since the year Mil.