List of castles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur explained

This list of castles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is a list of medieval castles or châteaus forts in the region in southern France.

Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Name	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Château de Simiane-la-Rotonde	110112-14th century	Ruins
Citadelle de Sisteron	130114-15th century	Substantially intact		Fortifications renewed 1590-7.
Château des Templiers de Gréoux-les-Bains	120113-16th century	Substantially intact	Commune	Converted to residence 16th century.

Castles of which little remains include Château de Roquefort.

Name	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Château Grimaldi d'Antibes		Restored		Houses Picasso museum.
Château de Gourdon	110112th century	Rebuilt		Remodelled 18th century.
Château de Lucéram	110112th/13th century	Ruin	Property of commune
Château de la Napoule	130114th century	Restored
Château de Nice		Fragmentary remains
Château de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Château de Villeneuve-Loubet	120113th century	Restored	Private

Name	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Château des Baux	100111-13th century	Ruins
Château de Boulbon		Ruins
Château de l'Empéri	120113th century	Restored		Dates from 9th century, altered 15-16th centuries.
Château d'If	15241524-31	Ruins		On an island in the Bay of Marseille, used as prison, featured in The Count of Monte Cristo.
Château de Ners	110112th century	Ruins
Château de Tarascon	140115th century	Intact		Converted into a military prison in the 17th century.
Château de Vernègues	Medieval	Ruins	Property of the commune	Destroyed 11 June 1909 by the Lambesc earthquake.

Name	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Château de Lesdiguières	150116th century	Ruins
Château de Saint-Firmin		Ruins
Fort Queyras	13th-17th century	Intact	Private but open to visits in summer	Strategic location above the Guil gorges. A first construction might have been built even earlier than the 13th century.

Name	Date	Condition	Image	Ownership / Access	Notes
Château de Bargème		Ruins
Château de Pontevès	120113th century	Ruins			Altered and rebuilt before falling into ruin.

Name	Date	Condition	Notes
Palais des Papes, Avignon	130114th century	Restored	Taken over by Napoleonic French state for use as a military barracks and prison.
Château de Beaumont le Vieux	End of 10th century	Ruin
Château de Crestet
Château d'Entrechaux	10th-11th century	Undergoing restoration
Château de Lacoste		Ruins	A residence of the Marquis de Sade, destroyed during the French Revolution.
Château de Mornas	100111-14th century	Ruins
Château de Murs	110112-18th century	Restored
Château de Pétrarque		Ruins
Château de Thouzon		Ruins
Château de Vaison-la-Romaine		Ruins