Donjons, towers, citadels and bastions in Aquitaine

Donjons
47340 Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba

The Pechon dungeon, a 13th-XIVth-century medieval building, is a fortified, ruined house located in Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba (Lot-et-Garonne), backed by a four-storey square dungeon.

Fortification de Vauban
64100 Bayonne

The citadel of Bayonne, built at the end of the 17th century by Vauban, is a military fortress located on a hill overlooking Adour, in the town of Bayonne, New Aquitaine.

Redoute
64310 Sare

The dread of Ermitebaita, built between the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Sare, is a military fortification defending the Franco-Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Redoute
64122 Urrugne

The so-called Emigrant dread, built between the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Urrugne, is a military fortification in the shape of a pentagon, a witness to the Franco-Spanish conflicts and the Napoleonic wars in the Basque Country.

Redoute
64122 Biriatou

The Louis XIV dread, built between the 18th and 19th centuries in Biriatou and Urrugne, is a military fortification in irregular pentagon, witness to the Franco-Spanish conflicts and the Napoleonic wars in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Donjons
47340 La Croix-Blanche

The dungeon of Fauguerolles, built in the 13th century at La Croix-Blanche (Lot-et-Garonne), is a medieval quadrangular tower, vestige of an ancient castrum on a Roman road, classified as a historical monument in 1950.

Porte-de-ville
40320 Saint-Loubouer

The tower of Maubourguet is an ancient fortified gate of the 13th-XIVth century, located in Saint-Loubouer in the Landes, vestige of the medieval ramparts of the village.

Redoute
64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

Biscarzoun's dread, built at the beginning of the 19th century in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle and Ascain, is a military fortification in irregular heptagon, integrated into the defensive system of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques against Anglo-Spanish invasions.