Château de Saint-Martin de Toques
The Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is a partly ruined, mountaintop castle in the Bizanet commune in the Aude département of southern France. Construction of the castle dates to the 12th and 14th centuries.Photo: ArnoLagrange, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: building in Aude département, southern France
- Also known as: “Chateau de Saint-Martin de Toques” and “Ruines du château de Saint-Martin-de-Toques”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fontfroide Abbey and Château de Gaussan.
Fontfroide Abbey
Photo: Pinpin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne near to the Spanish border. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be re-founded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. Fontfroide Abbey is situated 2½ km east of Château de Saint-Martin de Toques.
Château de Gaussan
Castle
Photo: ArnoLagrange, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Château de Gaussan is a castle, much altered in the 19th century, in the commune of Bizanet in the Aude département of France. The castle dates originally from the 14th century. Château de Gaussan is situated 2½ km west of Château de Saint-Martin de Toques.
Église de l’abbaye de Fontfroide
Church
Photo: CARPEDIEM13, CC BY 3.0.
Église de l’abbaye de Fontfroide is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of Château de Saint-Martin de Toques.
Château de Saint-Martin de Toques
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aude, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.12882° or 43° 7′ 44″ northLongitude
2.86932° or 2° 52′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8FM44VH9+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 238067336OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2970557
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Château de Saint-Martin de Toques” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ruïnes del castell de Saint-Martin de Toques (Bisanet)”
- Catalan: “Ruïnes del castell de Saint-Martin de Toques”
- Czech: “Saint-Martin de Toques”
- Dutch: “Château de Saint-Martin de Toques”
- French: “château de Saint-Martin de Toques”
- French: “Château de Saint-Martin de Toques”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Saint-Martin de Toques”
- Turkish: “Saint-Martin de Toques Kalesi”
- “Saint-Martin de Toques”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pech des Combarelles and Domaine de Saint-Maur.
Nearby Places
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