Castles in the Ain

Château de style Classique
01290 Pont-de-Veyle

The Château de Pont-de-Veyle, built in the 18th century at Pont-de-Veyle in the Ain, is a historic estate whose park and hydraulic elements have been classified as historic monuments since 2020.

Château fort
01680 Groslée

The Château de Groslée, located in the Ain en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is a medieval castle with remarkable remains, including a quadrangular dungeon and crammed walls, testifying to its complex feudal history.

Château fort
01500 Ambérieu-en-Bugey

The castle of Allymes, a former 14th century castle transformed in the 16th and 19th centuries, dominates Ambérieu-en-Bugey (Ain) from a rocky spur at 650 m altitude. Ranked a historical monument, it illustrates medieval and renaissance military architecture in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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 Médiéval et Renaissance
01640 Saint-Jean-le-Vieux

The castle of Varey, 12th century castle restored in the 19th century, dominates Saint-Jean-le-Vieux in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its polygonal enclosure and circular towers testify to its strategic role in Bugey.

Château de style Classique
01600 Trévoux

The Château de Corcelles, rebuilt around 1840 in Trévoux (Ain), is a 19th century hunting lodge, listed as a historical monument for its architecture and Italian living room.

Château
01330 Bouligneux

Bouligneux Castle, a former 14th-century fortress renovated in the 16th-17th century, dominates the commune of Bouligneux (Ain) in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, surrounded by a pond and classified as a historical monument since 1926.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
01370 Meillonnas

The castle of Meillonnas, a former 14th century castle rebuilt in the 16th, 18th and 19th centuries, stands in Meillonnas in the Ain, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It was the centre of a seigneury and houses medieval and renaissance remains, including murals from the 15th to the 16th centuries.