Château d’Arques

The Château d'Arques is a ruined 14th-century castle in the commune of Arques in the Aude département of France. It is one of the so-called Cathar castles.

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Type: Castle
Description: castle in Arques (Aude)
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Étienne d’Arques and Château de Serres.

Église Saint-Étienne d’Arques

Church

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Église Saint-Étienne d’Arques is a church, which is situated 580 metres east of Château d’Arques.

Château de Serres

Castle

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Château de Serres is a castle, which is situated 3½ km west of Château d’Arques.

Église Saint-Laurent de Serres

Church

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Église Saint-Laurent de Serres is a church, which is situated 3½ km west of Château d’Arques.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bouisse and Rennes-le-Château.

Bouisse

Village

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Bouisse is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Bouisse is situated 8 km northeast of Château d’Arques.

Rennes-le-Château

Photo: Mairie de Rennes-le-Château, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rennes-le-Château is just the other side of the hot springs of Rennes les Bains from Fourtou and La Mouline. It is the home of the world-famous enigma highlighted by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.

Château d’Arques

Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Arques, Arrondissement of Limoux, Aude, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude

42.9532° or 42° 57′ 12″ north

Longitude

2.36715° or 2° 22′ 2″ east

Inception

14th century

Open location code

8FJ4X938+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 287597716

OpenStreetMap feature

building=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

Wikidata ID

Q1010879

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Château d’Arques” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Castell d’Arcas”
Catalan: “Castell d’Arques”
Catalan: “Castell de Arques”
Czech: “Arques”
Dutch: “Château d’Arques”
French: “chateau d’Arques”
French: “château d’Arques”
French: “Château d’Arques”
German: “Burg Arques”
German: “Château d’Arques”
Italian: “Castello di Arques”
Italian: “Château d’Arques”
Occitan (post 1500): “Castèl d’Arcas”
Russian: “Арк (замок)”
Russian: “Арк”
Spanish: “Castillo de arques”
Spanish: “Castillo de Arques”
Turkish: “Arques Kalesi”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Le Cheval Narquois and Arques.

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