List of castles in Picardy explained

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.

Aisne

Name
Date
Condition
ImageOwnership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Château-Thierry8019–17th centuryRuins
Château de Coucy1220c.1220RuinsKeep 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-Tardenois120113th centuryRuins
Château de La Ferté-MilonRuins
Château de Guise90110–16th centuryRuinsVille de Guise
Donjon de Septmonts130114th centurySubstantially intactCommune

Oise

Name
Date
Condition
ImageOwnership
/ Access
Notes
Donjon de Clermont100111–13th centuryRuins
Château de Montataire110112–15th century
Château de Pierrefonds1393c.1393–1407ReconstructedImaginatively reconstructed by Viollet-le-Duc 1857–85, on the instruction of Napoleon III of France.
Château de Verneuil-en-HalatteRuinsRoyal castle of Henri IV of France.
Château de Vez120113–14th centurySubstantially intact

Somme

Name
Date
Condition
ImageOwnership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Boves90110th centuryFragmentary remains
Château d'Eaucourt-sur-Somme140115th centuryFragmentary remains
Château de Folleville130114th centuryFragmentary remains
Château de Ham100111–15th centuryFragmentDynamited on 19 March 1917 by the German Army.
Château de PéronneThree towers and wallsContains First World War museum, the Historial de la Grande Guerre
Château de Picquigny100111–14th centuryFragmentary remainsSeverely damaged in World War I.
Château de Rambures140115th centuryIntactLargely built of brick.

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