France · 16th century
The Château de Saint-Élix is a 16th-century castle in the commune of Saint-Élix-le-Château in the Haute-Garonne département of France.
Built in the 1540s, it is privately owned and has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Of note are the orangery, stables, walls and pigeon loft.
Text adapted from “Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château ranks #7,639 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #725 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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