Castles in Auvergne

Château de style Classique
63260 Vensat

The Château de Villemont, built between the 16th and 19th centuries in Vensat (Puy-de-Dôme), is an example of auvergnate architecture combining medieval heritage and military transformations of the 18th century.

Château de style Classique
03430 Villefranche-d'Allier

Neuville Castle, located in Villefranche-d'Allier (Allier), is a 19th-century building including a 12th and 14th-century chapel, a former parish church classified as a historical monument in 1984.

Château de plaisance
63360 Gerzat

Sampigny Castle, built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Gerzat (Puy-de-Dôme), is a historical monument combining classical architecture and typical elements of Auvergne, registered in 1976.

Château fort
43150 Goudet

Beaufort Castle, a castle in ruins from the 13th to the 16th century, dominates the Loire Valley in Goudet, Haute-Loire. This strategic site was a high military site during the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion.

Château
15390 Val d'Arcomie

The Château du Chassan, built between 1773 and 1784 in Faverolles (Cantal), is a rare example of neo-classical architecture in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, surrounded by a French garden and outbuildings organised around a courtyard of honour.

Château de plaisance
15800 Raulhac

The Cropières Castle, located in Raulhac in the Cantal, is a 17th and 18th century pleasure castle, transformed from a 13th century medieval fortress, famous for its connection to the Duchess of Fontanges, favorite of Louis XIV.

Château fort
03390 Murat

Murat Castle, a medieval fortress in ruins, dominates the village of Murat in the Allier. Built on a rocky spur from the 11th century, it was one of the most powerful squares in Bourbonnais.

Château de style Renaissance
63300 Thiers

Chassaigne Castle, built at the end of the 15th century and transformed in the 18th century, is a historical monument of Thiers (Puy-de-Dôme), combining medieval architecture and English-style gardens, with a chapel decorated with Gothic and classical paintings.