Lozère
Arrondissement of Mende
Mont Lozère et Goulet

Château du Tournel

The Château du Tournel is a ruined feudal castle in the commune of Saint-Julien-du-Tournel in the département of France. A former seat of the Barons of Tournel, one of the eight baronies of Gévaudan, it was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion by Huguenot troops under Matthieu Merle.
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Photo: Sanguinez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Sanguinez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: ruined feudal castle in Lozère, France
  • Also known as: “Chateau du Tournel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Julien de Saint-Julien-du-Tournel and Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Bleymard.

Church
Photo: Toutaitanous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 1½ km west of Château du Tournel.

Church
Photo: Ancalagon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 3 km southeast of Château du Tournel.

Art gallery
Photo: Bbzarchi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an art gallery, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Château du Tournel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sainte-Hélène and Cévennes.

Village
Photo: Bruno Bord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a commune in the department in southern . is situated 8 km west of Château du Tournel.

Photo: Dogcow, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a region in the in . The region is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site under the name "The Causses and the , Mediterranean Agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape".

Château du Tournel

Latitude
44.50119° or 44° 30′ 4″ north
Longitude
3.70415° or 3° 42′ 15″ east
Open location code
8FP5GP23+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1915115944
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2971839
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Occitan—“Château du Tournel” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Le Tournel and Mairie déléguée de Saint-Julien-du-Tournel.

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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 du Tournel”. Photo: Sanguinez, CC BY-SA 3.0.