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Château de Grizac

France · 13th century

Founded
c. 1250
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit · classified historical monument
Location
Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère
Coordinates
44.34214°, 3.69758°
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Château de Grizac in France
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Description

Grizac Castle (Château de Grizac) is located below the village of the same name, in Le Pont-de-Montvert commune of Lozère department, in the region of Occitanie, France. It was built in the middle of the 13th century and enlarged in the 14th century. Pope Urban V was born in the château in 1310 with the name Guillaume de Grimoard. Now private property, paid entry provides access to the grounds and buildings which includes an exhibition on Pope Urban V.

Text adapted from “Château de Grizac” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château de Grizac ranks #6,175 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #547 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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