Castles in the Atlantic Pyrenees

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
64000 Pau

The Château de Pau, built between the 12th and 19th centuries, is a former castle transformed into a royal palace, located in Pau in New Aquitaine. It was the residence of the Viscounts of Béarn and then of the kings of Navarre, and today houses a national museum dedicated to Henry IV.

Château
64120 Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast

The castle of Camou, a 17th century fortress located in Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast, New Aquitaine, is built on an ancient feudal motte. Joined the Historical Monuments in 1993, it houses collections of ancient tools and models inspired by Leonardo da Vinci.

Château
64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

The Château de Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, built in the early 15th century, is a rare medieval military construction of the Labourd, located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Château
64260 Sévignacq-Meyracq

The Château de Sévignac, built in the early 17th century and renovated in the 19th century, dominates the commune of Sévignacq-Meyracq in New Aquitaine. This monument illustrates the residential architecture of the Atlantic Pyrenees.

Château fort
64460 Montaner

Montaner Castle, built at the end of the 14th century by Gaston Fébus, is a bearnaise brick fortress overlooking the Adour Valley, located in Montaner, New Aquitaine, famous for its 40-metre dungeon and its turbulent medieval history.

Château
64200 Arcangues

Arcangues Castle, built at the beginning of the 20th century in Arcangues (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), is a neoclassical building inscribed with historical monuments, rebuilt on the bases of an ancient 17th century castle.

Château de style Classique
64800 Coarraze

Coarraze Castle, built in the 16th and 18th centuries in Coarraze (New Aquitaine), is a historical monument linked to Henry IV, combining Renaissance architecture and medieval remains in a terraced park.

Château de style éclectique et baroque
64270 Labastide-Villefranche

Château Bijou, a former gentilhommière transformed into an eclectic castle, stands in Labastide-Villefranche (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Built between the 18th and 20th centuries, it embodies the architectural and romantic heritage of Béarn.