Castles in the Bouches-du-Rhône

Château fort
13300 Salon-de-Provence

The Château de l'Emperi, a medieval fortress of the 10th and 13th centuries, dominates Salon-de-Provence in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Former residence of archbishops of Arles and German emperors, it now houses museums and a historic garden.

Château
13126 Vauvenargues

Vauvenargues Castle, a Provencal bastide from the 13th to the 18th century, stands east of Aix-en-Provence, at the foot of the Sainte-Victoire mountain, famous for sheltering Pablo Picasso from 1958 to 1973.

Château de style néo-Renaissance
13011 Marseille 11ème

The Château Régis, built in the 19th century in Marseille 11th, is a pastiche of the Château de Chenonceau, now home to a private school in the Saint-Menet district.

Château
13460 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

The Château d'Avignon, located in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue, is a 19th-century neo-Renaissance winery, transformed in 1893 by Louis Prat-Noilly into an architectural and technical avant-garde complex, combining modern comfort and innovative farming.

Château
13011 Marseille 11ème

The Château de la Reynarde, a bastide of the 18th and 19th centuries located in Marseille 11th, is an ancient medieval fief transformed into a listed historical monument, now home to a youth centre.

Château
13990 Fontvieille

The Château d'Estoublon, built at the end of the 16th century in Fontvieille, is a historical monument of Bouches-du-Rhône, famous for its olive oil AOP and its link with the Baux-de-Provence valley.

Château
13100 Aix-en-Provence

The Château de la Pioline, a former 14th century mill transformed into a luxurious residence in the 17th and 18th centuries, is a hotel-restaurant classified as a historical monument located in Aix-en-Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône.

Château
13100 Aix-en-Provence

The Château de la Calade, built in the 17th century in Aix-en-Provence, is a historical monument combining Manerist architecture and refined decorations, classified in 2015 and surrounded by a preserved park.