Donjons, towers, citadels and bastions in Pas-de-Calais

Château
62140 Fressin

The castle of Fressin, built in the 15th century in Fressin (Pas-de-Calais), is an ancient medieval fortress of which only remains ruins classified as historical monuments, bearing witness to Burgundy military architecture.

Citadelles
62170 Montreuil-sur-Mer

The citadel of Montreuil-sur-Mer, built from the 13th century and rebuilt until the 20th century, is a pre-Vauban royal fortress overlooking the Canche Valley in the Hauts-de-France. This classified site combines medieval and bastioned military architecture, demonstrating its strategic border role between Ponthieu and Boulonnais.

Fortification de Vauban
62100 Calais

The citadel of Calais, a fortress of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries in Calais (Hauts-de-France), was built on the ruins of a 13th century medieval castle to defend the city against Spanish and English threats. A strategic symbol, it was redesigned by Vauban and Richelieu.

Fortification de Vauban
62000 Arras

The citadel of Arras, built by Vauban between 1668 and 1672, is a UNESCO World Heritage military fortress located in the Hauts-de-France in Arras. Defence symbol and place of memory of the Second World War.

Donjons
62550 Bours

The donjon de Bours, a 14th century medieval vestige, is a former noble stoneware house located in Bours, Pas-de-Calais (Hauts-de-France).

Tour
62400 Béthune

The Saint-Ignace Tower is a fortified artillery tower from the 14th and 17th centuries, located in Bethune in the Hauts-de-France, former powder-box and vestige of urban fortifications.

Donjons
62123 Bailleulmont

The dungeon and its mound of Bailleulmont, medieval remains of the 13th century, dominate the village in the Hauts-de-France. These classified ruins testify to the defensive architecture of the time.

62161 Étrun

The country house of Monseigneur de la Tour-d'Auvergne, located in Etrun (Hauts-de-France), is a 17th-18th century building built on the site of a Gallic oppidum and an ancient Benedictine abbey.