Château de Belcastel
The Château de Belcastel is a medieval castle in the village and commune of Belcastel, in the Aveyron département of France. It is situated above the north bank of the river Aveyron, downstream from Rodez.Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: museum in France
- Also known as: “chateau de Belcastel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Belcastel and Le Lourdou.
Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Belcastel
Church
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Belcastel is a church, which is situated 180 metres south of Château de Belcastel.
Le Lourdou
Wayside shrine
Le Lourdou is a wayside shrine, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Château de Belcastel.
Église Saint-Fabien-et-Saint-Sébastien de Mayran
Church
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Fabien-et-Saint-Sébastien de Mayran is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Château de Belcastel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rignac and Clairvaux-d’Aveyron.
Rignac
Village
Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rignac is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Rignac is situated 4½ km northwest of Château de Belcastel.
Clairvaux-d’Aveyron
Village
Photo: Aderul, Public domain.
Clairvaux-d'Aveyron is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Clairvaux-d’Aveyron is situated 7 km northeast of Château de Belcastel.
Balsac
Village
Photo: Thérèse Gaigé, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balsac is a village in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France. It was merged into the new commune of Druelle Balsac on 1 January 2017. Balsac is situated 9 km east of Château de Belcastel.
Château de Belcastel
- Categories: art museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Belcastel, Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.38895° or 44° 23′ 20″ northLongitude
2.33599° or 2° 20′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8FP498QP+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 312417109OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2706740
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Château de Belcastel” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Restes del castell (Bèlcastèl)”
- Catalan: “Restes del castell”
- Czech: “Belcastel”
- Czech: “Château de Belcastel”
- Dutch: “château de Belcastel”
- French: “chateau de Belcastel”
- French: “château de Belcastel”
- French: “Château de Belcastel”
- Italian: “castello di Belcastel”
- Italian: “Castello di Belcastel”
- Persian: “قلعه بلکاستل (آویرون)”
- Persian: “قلعه بلکاستل”
- Polish: “Zamek w Belcastel”
- Slovak: “Hrad Belcastel”
- Swedish: “Chateau de Belcastel”
- Swedish: “Château de Belcastel”
- Swedish: “Slottet i Belcastel”
- Turkish: “Belcastel Kalesi”
- Western Panjabi: “شتو بلکاسٹل”
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