Castles in the Eastern Pyrenees

Castle
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.

Castle
66360 Olette

The Château d'Évol, built in the 13th century in Olette in the Pyrénées-Orientales, is a medieval castle dominated by a quadrangular enclosure and circular towers, witness to feudal struggles in Cerdagne.

Castle
66130 Montalba-le-Château

The remains of the castle and the fortified enclosure of Montalba-le-Château, built between the 12th and 13th centuries, dominate the village of the Pyrénées-Orientales in Occitanie. This site illustrates medieval feudal military architecture.

Castle
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.

Castle
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.

Castle
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.

Castle
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.