Castles in the Eastern Pyrenees

Château
66820 Corneilla-de-Conflent

The castle of the Counts of Conflent-Cerdagne, built in the 11th century in Corneilla-de-Conflent (Pyrénées-Orientales), is a fortified complex including a Romanesque chapel and a round tower added later.

Château
66700 Argelès-sur-Mer

Pujols Castle, built in the 13th century in Argelès-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales), is a medieval castle surrounded by a rectangular enclosure with a central dungeon, classified as a historical monument since 1956.

Château
66140 Canet-en-Roussillon

The Esparrou Castle, built at the end of the 19th century in Canet-en-Roussillon in Occitanie, is a neo-Gothic building surrounded by a wine estate, the work of architect Viggo Dorph-Petersen for a local owner.

Mas
66600 Calce

The Mas de Las Fons in Calce is a former fortified castle of the 12th–15th centuries, including a Romanesque church, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales in Occitanie.

Château fort
66720 Tautavel

The castle of Tautavel, built between the 11th and 13th centuries, dominates the village of Tautavel in Occitanie. This medieval castle, partially destroyed in the seventeenth century, has been classified as a historical monument since 1986.

Château de style éclectique et baroque
66400 Céret

The castle of Aubiry, an eclectic neo-baroque building from the 19th to the 20th century, stands in Ceret (Occitanie). Built for industrialist Justin Bardou, it combines art nouveau and English park on five hectares.

Château fort
66760 Porta

Carol Castle, an ancient 13th century medieval castle, dominates Porta in the Pyrénées-Orientales. Its remains, including two quadrangular towers, testify to its strategic role in Cerdagne.

Château fort
66700 Argelès-sur-Mer

The castle of Ultrère, in ruins, is a medieval castle perched at 571 m in altitude in the Albères, overlooking Argelès-sur-Mer in Occitanie. Partly from the Wisigothic period (VIth–VIIth centuries), it was a strategic point between Roussillon and Catalonia.