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

This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" &#x2D; please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! 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. |

## Alpes-Maritimes

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 | |

## Bouches-du-Rhône

| 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. |

## Hautes-Alpes

| 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. |

## Var

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

## Vaucluse

| 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 | |