Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Aquitaine

Tower
24510 Val de Louyre et Caudeau

The remains of the tower of Saint-Alvere, built in the 13th century in Val de Louyre and Caudeau (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), are the remains of a feudal castle dominated by a circular defensive tower, now partially eclipsed and classified as a historical monument.

Castle
33110 Le Bouscat

The Castel d'Andorte du Bouscat, built in the 18th century in Le Bouscat in New Aquitaine, is an ancient pleasure house transformed into a psychiatric center and then into a future cultural space, surrounded by a historic park of 7 hectares.

Fortress
24260 Mauzens-et-Miremont

The ruins of Miremont Castle, a medieval building of the 12th and 14th centuries, dominate the village of Mauzens-et-Miremont in the Dordogne, offering a testimony of the conflicts of the Hundred Years War.

64310 Ascain

The dread of Esnaur, built between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is a polygonal military fortification located in Ascain, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, integrated into the Rhune defensive system against Spanish and Anglo-Portuguese invasions.

64100 Bayonne

The fortifications of Bayonne, built from the 4th to the 17th century, combine Gallo-Roman remains, strongholds of Henry IV and reinforced by Vauban, in this strategic town of New Aquitaine.

64130 Chéraute

The Protohistoric Fortification of Chéraut is an archaeological site dating from the Protohistory, located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in New Aquitaine, classified as Historic Monument since 1983.

64120 Lantabat

The fortified protohistoric enclosure of Lantabat is an archaeological site dating from the Protohistory, extending also to Ostabat-Asme and Larceveau-Arros-Cibits in New Aquitaine, marked by preserved ramparts.

64190 Nabas

The protohistoric fortification of Nabas, located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, is an archaeological site dating back to the Protohistory, marked by a rise of land and a defensive ditch.