France
24 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille), 1 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Palais des Papes — #76 of 9,079 worldwide — 86 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Fraxinetum, founded c. 800.
Every one of them stands in France — the country page shows the full national picture.
5 km south-west · Fortress · #91 worldwide
The Château d'If is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about 1.5 kilometres off Marseille in…
1 km west · Fortress
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port.
2 km west · Palace & château
The Palais du Pharo is a palace in Marseille, southern France, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Old Port.
1 km south-west · Fortress
Fort Saint-Nicolas is a former military fort in Marseille. It's the sister fort to Fort Saint-Jean which was constructed at the same time.
34 km north-east · Castle
The Château of Vauvenargues is a fortified bastide in the village of Vauvenargues, situated to the north of Montagne Sainte-Victoire, just outside…
52 km north · Castle
The Château de Lourmarin is a converted castle located in the town of Lourmarin which is situated in the Vaucluse département, in the…
49 km south-east · Fortress
The Tour Royale is a fort built in the 16th century to protect the entrance of the Petit Rade, the naval port of Toulon.
44 km north-west · Castle
The Château de l'Empéri is a 9th-century castle built on the rock of Puech which dominates the immense plain of Crau in the commune of…
39 km north · Castle
The Château de La Barben is a former fortified castle whose origin goes back to the 11th century, remodelled in the 17th and 20th centuries, which…
33 km west · Fortress
The Fort de Bouc, or Tour de Bouc, is a former fort in the town of Martigues, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur…
86 km north-west · Palace & château · #76 worldwide
The Palais des Papes in Avignon, Southern France, is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe.
88 km east · Castle
Fraxinetum or Fraxinet was the site of a Muslim stronghold at the centre of a frontier state in Provence between about 887 and 972.
80 km east · Fortress
The Fort de Brégançon (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ d bʁeɡɑ̃sɔ̃]; English: Fort of Bregançon) is a medieval fortress that is located 35 metres above…
81 km north-west · Castle
The Château de Tarascon is a medieval castle in Tarascon in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the south of France.
68 km north-west · Ruin
The Château des Baux is a ruined fortified castle built during the 10th century, located in Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, southern France.
86 km north-west · Fortress
The walls of Avignon are a series of defensive stone walls that surround the city of Avignon in the south of France.
95 km north-west · Ruin
The Castle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a château located in the town of the same name in southeastern France.
88 km north-west · Fortress
The Fort Saint-André is a medieval fortress in the commune of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Gard département of France, dating from the first half of…
60 km north · Ruin
The Château de Lacoste or La Coste is a ruined castle in the commune of Lacoste in the Vaucluse department in southern France.
96 km north · Castle
Barroux Castle is a former medieval castle in the French commune of Le Barroux. It has been inscribed as a monument historique since 1920.
82 km north-west · Ruin
The Château de Beaucaire is a ruined medieval castle in the commune of Beaucaire in the Gard département of France.
87 km north-west · Castle
Tour Philippe-le-Bel is a medieval tower in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon which marked the French terminus of the Saint-Bénézet Bridge across the Rhone…
+ 2 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q23482.
The Castle Map atlas maps 24 landmarks (8 castles · 8 fortresses · 3 palaces & châteaux · 5 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Marseille, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille), a fortress 1 km west of the city centre.
Palais des Papes, ranked #76 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 86 km north-west from Marseille.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Fraxinetum, founded c. 800 — 88 km east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Perpignan (213 km) · Girona (255 km) · Turin (270 km) · Lyon (278 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
