Castles in the Ain

Château fort
01250 Jasseron

Jasseron Castle, an ancient 13th century castle located in the Ain, dominates the town of Jasseron. Its ruins, protected since 1927, bear witness to a medieval castral motte with dungeon and fortified lower court.

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 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
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 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.

Château fort
01330 Ambérieux-en-Dombes

The castle of Ambérieux-en-Dombes, former castle of the 12th and 14th centuries, stands in the Ain in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with its protected remains and its iconic Romanesque dungeon.

Château de style Classique
01480 Fareins

Fléchères Castle, built at the beginning of the seventeenth century in Fareins in the Ain, is an architectural gem combining medieval fort house and Baroque decor, classified as a historical monument for its Protestant history and exceptional frescoes.

Château de plaisance
01350 Anglefort

The castle of Anglefort, a former castle rebuilt in 1741, dominates the commune of Anglefort in Ain, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. He once controlled the way from Seyssel to Belley.