List of castles in the Île-de-France
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château de Dourdan | c.1220 | Substantially intact |
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Museum | Keep isolated by dry moat from rest of castle, used as prison until 1852. |
| Château d'Étampes | 12th century | Ruins |
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bastille | c. 1370-1789 | Few relics survive |
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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 |
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Due to its continual alteration, very little remains of the fortress. | ||
| The Temple | c. 13th century | Few relics survive |
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Due to its destruction after 1800s, very little remains. | ||
| Château de la Tournelle | c. 12th century | Few relics survive |
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| Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château de Blandy-les-Tours | 14-16th century | Restored |
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Rebuilt 16th century, dismantled and transformed into farm 18th century.[1] | |
| Château de Brie-Comte-Robert | 12-15th century | Ruins |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Museum | |
| Tour César (Provins) | 12-14th century | Intact |
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Commune | |
| Château de Sigy | 14th century | Rebuilt | Altered 15th, 17th and 18th centuries. |
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| Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincennes | 12-14th century | Restored |
|
Royal castle, keep 170 ft (52 m) high, Henry V of England died there in 1422, military HQ in 1940. |
| Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château de Beaumont-sur-Oise | 12-14th century | Ruins | |||
| Château de La Roche-Guyon | 12th century | Ruins |
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| Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château de Beynes | 11-14th century | Ruins | Commune of Beynes | Abandoned 18th century. | |
| Donjon de Houdan | 1120-1137 | Ruins |
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Keep survives. | |
| Château de La Madeleine (Chevreuse) | 12-15th century | Substantially intact |
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| Donjon de Maurepas | Ruins | ||||
| Château de Montfort | Ruins |
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| Château de Villiers-le-Mahieu | 13th and 17th centuries | Restored from mid 20th century | Hotel |
See also
References
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Blandy-les-Tours, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)


















