🇫🇷 France
71 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 Petit Châtelet, 1 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Palace of Versailles — #3 of 8,133 worldwide — 18 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Palais de la Cité, founded c. 550.
Every one of them stands in France — the country page shows the full national picture.
18 km west · Palace & château · #3 worldwide
The Palace of Versailles is a château and historic monument in Versailles in the Yvelines department of France, southwest of Paris.
1 km east · Ruin · #14 worldwide
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.
3 km north-west · Palace & château · #31 worldwide
The Élysée Palace (French: Palais de l'Élysée, pronounced [palɛ d lelize]) is the official residence of the president of France in Paris.
2 km west · Ruin · #35 worldwide
The Tuileries Palace was a palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the Seine, directly in the west-front of the Louvre Palace.
1 km north-west · Palace & château · #79 worldwide
The Palais-Royal is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
1 km south-west · Palace & château · #88 worldwide
The Luxembourg Palace is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.
1 km west · Palace & château · #99 worldwide
The Louvre Palace, often referred to simply as the Louvre, is a palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a large expanse of…
6 km east · Castle · #126 worldwide
The Château de Vincennes (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d vɛ̃sɛn]) is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the…
3 km west · Palace & château · #170 worldwide
The Palais Bourbon is the meeting place of the National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French Parliament.
19 km west · Palace & château · #173 worldwide
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɑ̃ lɛ]) is a former royal palace in the commune of…
19 km west · Palace & château · #213 worldwide
The Grand Trianon is a French Baroque style château situated in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles in Versailles, France.
14 km west · Palace & château · #237 worldwide
The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres…
+ 27 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
57 km south-east · Palace & château · #32 worldwide
Palace of Fontainebleau ( FON-tin-bloh, US also -bloo; French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers southeast of the…
42 km south-east · Palace & château · #95 worldwide
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [ʃato d vo l vikɔ̃t]) or simply Vaux-le-Vicomte is a Baroque French château located in Maincy,…
39 km north · Palace & château · #168 worldwide
The Château de Chantilly (pronounced [ʃɑto d ʃɑ̃tiji]) is a historic French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, about 50 kilometres…
46 km south-west · Palace & château
The Château de Rambouillet (pronounced [ʃɑto d ʁɑ̃bujɛ]), also known in English as the Castle of Rambouillet, is a château in the town of…
27 km east · Palace & château
The Château de Ferrières (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d fɛʁjɛʁ]) is a French château built between 1855 and 1859 for Baron James de Rothschild in…
32 km north-west · Palace & château
The Château d'Hérouville is a French 18th-century château located in the village of Hérouville, in the Val-d'Oise département of France, near Paris.
32 km south-west · Palace & château
The Château de Dampierre (French pronunciation: [ʃato d dɑ̃pjɛʁ]) is a château in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
47 km south · Palace & château
The Château de Courances at Courances, Essonne is a French château built in approximately 1630. The house and gardens are open to the public.
49 km south · Castle
The Château d'Étampes was a castle in the town of Étampes in the department of Essonne, France.
58 km north-west · Castle
The Castle of La Roche-Guyon is the successor building of a medieval castle which had been built on a limestone rock in a bend of the Seine above the…
36 km south-west · Castle
The Château du Marais is a French castle situated in the commune of Val-Saint-Germain, near Saint-Chéron, in the former province of Hurepoix, today…
45 km south-east · Castle
The Château de Blandy-les-Tours is a medieval castle in the village of Blandy-les-Tours; it is about 5 km from the château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and 10…
+ 7 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
71 km north-east · Castle · #239 worldwide
The Château de Pierrefonds (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d pjɛʁfɔ̃]) is a castle situated in the commune of Pierrefonds in the Oise department in the…
81 km north-west · Ruin · #259 worldwide
Château Gaillard is a medieval castle ruin overlooking the River Seine above the commune of Les Andelys, in the French department of Eure, in…
72 km north-east · Palace & château
The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a former royal residence built for Louis XV and later restored by Napoleon.
67 km west · Palace & château
The Château d'Anet is a château near Dreux, in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, built by Philibert de l'Orme from 1547 to 1552 for…
64 km south-west · Palace & château
The Château de Maintenon is a château, developed from the original castle, situated in the commune of Maintenon in the Eure-et-Loir département of…
63 km north-west · Ruin
The Château de Gisors is a castle in the town of Gisors in the department of Eure, France.
82 km north-west · Palace & château
The Château de Gaillon is a French Renaissance castle located in Gaillon, Normandy region of France.
90 km south · Palace & château
The Château de Chamerolles is a French castle complex in Chilleurs-aux-Bois in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire region.
70 km south · Castle
The Château de Nemours is a castle in the town and commune of Nemours in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.
90 km east · Castle
The Château de Condé is a private estate in Condé-en-Brie, Aisne, France, set in a park on the Champagne route 100 km from Paris.
69 km north-west · Castle
The Château des Tourelles is a castle in the commune of Vernon in the Eure département of France.
92 km north-west · Castle
The Château d'Acquigny is a French castle located in the department of Eure in Upper Normandy.
+ 1 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q90.
The Castlemap atlas maps 71 landmarks (13 castles · 5 fortresses · 35 palaces & châteaux · 18 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Paris, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Petit Châtelet, a ruin 1 km west of the city centre.
Palace of Versailles, ranked #3 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 18 km west from Paris.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Palais de la Cité, founded c. 550 — 1 km west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Beauvais (67 km) · Compiègne (71 km) · Évreux (90 km) · Orléans (111 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
