Château de Beaucaire
The Château de Beaucaire is a ruined medieval castle in the commune of Beaucaire in the Gard département of France. First built by the Counts of Toulouse, the castle served as an important point in the Albigensian Crusade and was torn down on Richelieu's orders in the 16th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
October 16th—March 31st: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
April 1st—October 15th: Wednesday—Sunday 9:30 AM—6:00 PM
July—August: 9:30 AM—8:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ruined castle in Beaucaire
- Also known as: “Chateau de Beaucaire”
- Address: Place Raimond VII, 30300
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Louis de Beaucaire and Porte Rochecourbe.
Porte Rochecourbe
City gate
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porte Rochecourbe is a city gate, which is situated 130 metres east of Château de Beaucaire.
Town hall of Beaucaire
Town hall
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Town hall of Beaucaire is situated 270 metres south of Château de Beaucaire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaucaire and Tarascon.
Beaucaire
Town
Photo: Eponimm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beaucaire is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. In 2020, the commune was awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Tarascon
Photo: Gortyna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarascon, sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune situated at the extreme west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Château de Beaucaire
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Beaucaire, Arrondissement of Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.80969° or 43° 48′ 35″ northLongitude
4.64453° or 4° 38′ 40″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Inception
12th centuryOpen location code
8FM6RJ5V+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 997548344OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Château de Beaucaire” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell (Bellcaire)”
- Catalan: “Castell”
- Chinese: “博凯尔城堡”
- Chinese: “博凱爾城堡”
- Dutch: “Château de Beaucaire”
- French: “château de Beaucaire”
- French: “Château de Beaucaire”
- German: “Château de Beaucaire”
- German: “Schloss Beaucaire”
- Hebrew: “טירת בוקייר”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Castèu de Bèucaire”
- Spanish: “Castillo y jardines de Beaucaire”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Château de Beaucaire”. Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.