🇫🇷 France
13 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 — #72 of 7,738 worldwide — 86 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Fraxinetum, founded 800.
Every one of them stands in France — the country page shows the full national picture.
5 km south-west · Fortress · #86 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.
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…
86 km north-west · Palace & château · #72 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.
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…
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.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q23482.
The Castlemap atlas maps 13 landmarks (4 castles · 5 fortresses · 2 palaces & châteaux · 2 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 #72 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 86 km north-west from Marseille.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Fraxinetum, founded 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) · Metropolis of Lyon (277 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
