This list of castles in the Île-de-France 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 Dourdan | c.1220 | Substantially intact | Museum | Keep isolated by dry moat from rest of castle, used as prison until 1852. | ||
12th century | Ruins | Keep survives, known as the Tour de Guinette. | ||||
Château de Montlhéry | 13th century | Ruins | Keep survives substantially intact. |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include Château La Boursidière.
Castles of which little or nothing remains include The Bastille,The Louvre,The Temple and Château de la Tournelle.
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | ||
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The Bastille | c. 1370-1789 | Few relics survive | Due to its destruction after 1789, very little remains of the Bastille in the 21st century. | ||||
La Conciergerie | 13-14th century | Fragment | Three towers survive from the medieval Conciergerie: the Caesar Tower, the Silver Tower and the Bonbec ("good beak") Tower. | ||||
The Louvre | c. 12th century | Few relics survive | Due to its continual alteration, very little remains of the fortress. | ||||
The Temple | c. 13th century | Few relics survive | Due to its destruction after 1800s, very little remains. | ||||
Château de la Tournelle | c. 12th century | Few relics survive |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | |
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Château de Blandy-les-Tours | 14-16th century | Restored | Rebuilt 16th century, dismantled and transformed into farm 18th century. | |||
Château de Brie-Comte-Robert | 12-15th century | Ruins | Commune | |||
Château de la Grange-Bléneau | 14-15th century | Intact | Josée and René de Chambrun Foundation | Altered 17th century, home of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette 1802-34, unchanged since. | ||
Château du Houssoy | 14-15th century | Ruins | ||||
Château de Moret | 12th century | |||||
Château de Montaiguillon | 12th century | Ruins | ||||
Château de Nangis | 13-15th century | Rebuilt | Hôtel de ville | |||
Château de Nemours | 12-14th century | Intact | Museum | |||
Tour César (Provins) | 12-14th century | Intact | Commune | |||
Château de Sigy | 14th century | Rebuilt | Altered 15th, 17th and 18th centuries. |
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Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | |
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Château de Beaumont-sur-Oise | 12-14th century | Ruins | ||||
Château de La Roche-Guyon | 12th century | Ruins |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | |
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Château de Beynes | 11-14th century | Ruins | Commune of Beynes | Abandoned 18th century. | ||
Donjon de Houdan | 1120-1137 | Ruins | Keep survives. | |||
Château de La Madeleine (Chevreuse) | 12-15th century | Substantially intact | ||||
Donjon de Maurepas | Ruins | |||||
Château de Montfort | Ruins | |||||
Château de Villiers-le-Mahieu | 13th and 17th centuries | Restored from mid 20th century | Hotel |