Castles in the Atlantic Pyrenees

Château fort
64130 Mauléon Licharre

Mauléon Castle, known as the "old castle", is a medieval castle located in Mauléon-Licharre, New Aquitaine, listed as a historical monument since 1925. Built in the 11th century, it dominates the city from a pentagonal hill.

Château
64440 Béost

Béost Castle, built in the 15th century, is a historical monument located in the Bearnais village of Béost, New Aquitaine, illustrating the local seigneurial architecture.

Château de style néo-Renaissance
64200 Biarritz

Château Boulard, an ancient eclectic villa of the last quarter of the 19th century, dominates Biarritz at 63 meters above sea level. A masterpiece by architect Joseph Louis Duc, it combines Renaissance and Mediterranean influences around a central patio decorated with Italian marbles and mosaics.

Château fort
64300 Orthez

The castle of Moncade, built in the 13th and 14th centuries in Orthez (New Aquitaine), is an ancient vicomtal castle overlooking the valley of the river Pau, symbol of the power of the Moncada in Béarn.

Château
64100 Bayonne

The Château-Vieux de Bayonne, a 12th century medieval fortress, is based on a Roman castrum of the 2nd century and was strengthened in the 17th century by Vauban. Located in New Aquitaine, it dominates the city.

Château
64400 Oloron-Sainte-Marie

The Château de Légugnon, a former lay abbey of the 16th and 17th centuries, stands at Oloron-Sainte-Marie in New Aquitaine, combining the bodies of houses, chapel and fortified dovecote.

Château de style Renaissance
64130 Mauléon-Licharre

Maÿtie Castle, built in Mauléon-Licharre at the end of the 16th and 17th centuries, is a Renaissance jewel of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, classified as a historical monument for its facades and unique naval structure.

Château
64100 Bayonne

Marracq Castle, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century in Bayonne, is an ancient imperial palace today in ruins, classified as a historical monument since 1907.