Fort Viel
Fort Viel is a castle in Pignan, Arrondissement of Montpellier, Occitanie. Fort Viel is situated nearby to Chapelle des pénitents blancs, as well as near the town hall Mairie de Pignan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Château du Comte de Turenne and Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Pignan.
Château du Comte de Turenne
Castle
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château du Comte de Turenne is a castle.
Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Pignan
Church
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Pignan is a church, which is situated 180 metres northeast of Fort Viel.
Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a church, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Fort Viel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Jean de Védas and Celleneuve.
Saint Jean de Védas
Town
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Jean-de-Védas is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Saint Jean de Védas is situated 5 km east of Fort Viel.
Celleneuve
Neighborhood
Photo: Vpe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Celleneuve is a part of Mosson neighbourhood, in the West of the city of Montpellier, Hérault, France. The place name can be translated as new cellar. It first appeared in Aniane's cartulary, written in 799, where it is mentioned that Benedict of Aniane created a priory, called Cella nova on the soil of Juvignac, even before the city of Montpellier was founded. Celleneuve is situated 6 km northeast of Fort Viel.
Montpellier
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
Montpellier is the principal city in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southwest France. It's been the one of the fastest growing cities in France since the 1990s.
Fort Viel
- Type: Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pignan, Arrondissement of Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.5822° or 43° 34′ 56″ northLongitude
3.76155° or 3° 45′ 42″ eastOpen location code
8FM5HQJ6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 95818908OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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Highlights include Chapelle des pénitents blancs and Mairie de Pignan.
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