This list of castles in Picardy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in northern France.
Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | |
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Château de Château-Thierry | 9–17th century | Ruins | ||||
Château de Coucy | c.1220 | Ruins | Keep was 180feet high, in 1917 the German army dynamited the keep and the four corner towers using 28 tons of explosives. | |||
Château de Fère-en-Tardenois | 13th century | Ruins | ||||
Château de La Ferté-Milon | Ruins | |||||
Château de Guise | 10–16th century | Ruins | Ville de Guise | |||
Donjon de Septmonts | 14th century | Substantially intact | Commune |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | |
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Donjon de Clermont | 11–13th century | Ruins | ||||
Château de Montataire | 12–15th century | |||||
Château de Pierrefonds | c.1393–1407 | Reconstructed | Imaginatively reconstructed by Viollet-le-Duc 1857–85, on the instruction of Napoleon III of France. | |||
Château de Verneuil-en-Halatte | Ruins | Royal castle of Henri IV of France. | ||||
Château de Vez | 13–14th century | Substantially intact |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | |
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Château de Boves | 10th century | Fragmentary remains | ||||
Château d'Eaucourt-sur-Somme | 15th century | Fragmentary remains | ||||
Château de Folleville | 14th century | Fragmentary remains | ||||
Château de Ham | 11–15th century | Fragment | Dynamited on 19 March 1917 by the German Army. | |||
Château de Péronne | Three towers and walls | Contains First World War museum, the Historial de la Grande Guerre | ||||
Château de Picquigny | 11–14th century | Fragmentary remains | Severely damaged in World War I. | |||
Château de Rambures | 15th century | Intact | Largely built of brick. |