Castles in Aveyron

Château fort
12220 Peyrusse-le-Roc

The Lower Castle of Peyrusse-le-Roc, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, is a castle perched on a granite needle, located in Aveyron in Occitanie, known for its medieval remains and its defensive historical role.

Château fort
12390 Belcastel

Belcastel Castle, a medieval 8th century fortress, dominates the Aveyron Valley in Belcastel (Occitanie). Ranked a historic monument, it combines defensive architecture and exemplary restoration by Fernand Pouillon.

Château fort
12330 Salles-la-Source

The Château du Colombier, built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Salles-la-Source (Aveyron), is a fortified medieval den, emblematic of ruergate seigneurial architecture, with dungeon and preserved dovecotes.

Château de style Renaissance
12200 Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Graves Castle, built in the 16th century in Villefranche-de-Rouergue (Aveyron), is a Renaissance pleasure castle, remarkable for its Tuscan architecture and carved decorations, classified as a Historic Monument in 1991.

Château fort
12620 Castelnau-Pégayrols

Castelnau-Pegayrols Castle, built between the 11th and 18th centuries, dominates the village of Aveyron. This fortified castle, renovated in the 15th and 18th centuries, combines medieval architecture and classic beautifications in Rouergue.

Château fort
12260 Villeneuve

Ginals Castle, a former 14th century castle transformed in the 17th and 18th centuries, stands in Villeneuve en Aveyron. It preserves a medieval dungeon and a chapel linked to Saint Emilie de Rodat.

Château fort
12490 Montjaux

The bas de Montjaux castle, built in 1492, is a quadrilateral flanked by round towers located in Montjaux in Aveyron, mixing medieval and modern architecture until the 20th century.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
12330 Mouret

The castle of the Servayrie, built from the twelfth to the seventeenth century, is a fortified building in red sandstone overlooking the Dourdou Valley in Mouret (Aveyron), combining medieval architecture and Renaissance rouergate.