Castles in the Ariège

09700 La Bastide-de-Lordat

Château de La Bastide-de-Lordat is a historic monument located in the municipality of the same name, in the Occitanie region. Its precise history and construction period remain undocumented.

Château fort
09460 Quérigut

The castle of Quérigut, an ancient medieval castle, dominates the village of Quérigut in Ariège. Today in ruins, it bears witness to a history marked by border conflicts.

Château fort
09110 Montaillou

Montaillou Castle, the ruin of a 13th century castle, dominates the village of Montaillou in Ariège (Occitanie). Medieval vestige linked to the Cathar history and defence of Foix County.

09200 Saint-Girons

The old château of Saint-Girons, built between the late 16th and 17th centuries, is a historic building located in Occitanie, marked by bastioned architecture and a renovated facade in the 19th century.

Château fort
09000 Foix

Foix Castle, built in the 12th century, is a medieval castle overlooking the town of Foix in Occitanie. Redesigned in the 19th century, it now houses the departmental museum of Ariège and has been classified as a historical monument since 1840.

Château
09230 Fabas

Poudelay Castle, an elegant 19th-century building located in Fabas in Ariège, combines neoclassical architecture and a false medieval dungeon. It houses a rare panoramic wallpaper from the 1820s, classified as a Historic Monument.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
09130 Pailhès

The castle of Pailhès, a medieval building of the twelfth and seventeenth centuries, dominates the village of Pailhès in Ariège. Combining military architecture and Renaissance, it bears witness to a history related to the lords of Foix and the Amiel and Villemur families.

Château fort
09500 Lagarde

The Château de Lagarde, in Ariège, is a former 11th century castle transformed into a Baroque palace in the 17th century. Its ruins dominate the Hers-Vif valley near Mirepoix, Occitanie.