France · 12th century
The Château de Lastours (Limousin: Chasteu de Las Tors) is a ruined castle in the commune of Rilhac-Lastours in the Haute-Vienne département of France.
Construction began in the 12th century. Today in ruins, it was the former seat of the seigneurs and later barons of Lastours. It still has several corner towers and the base of the keep, altered in the 16th century. A voluntary association, over several decades, restored the castle, one of the high points of Limousin history.
It has been listed since 1956 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
Text adapted from “Château de Lastours” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Lastours ranks #6,019 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #538 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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