Castrum du Mont Paon

  • Historic site and monument
  • Historic patrimony
  • Rampart
, 13990 Fontvieille
Please note that the nearest station is more than
Troglodyte habitat, occupied mainly between the 11th or 12th century and the 14th century. The remains are located on top of a hill of the same name, at an altitude of 230 metres.
It is thought that the site was besieged in the 11th century, a controversial hypothesis based only on the testimony of papal bull.
All that remain today are a few strata of ramparts, the foundations of a seigniorial dwelling and the chevet of Saint Marie castle chapel on a huge terraced plateau. Its destruction seems due more to abandonment than to pillage, judging by the piles of stones strewn over the rocky promontory. Located opposite Les Baux fortress, a seigniorial fortress on which...

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Castrum du Mont Paon
, 13990 Fontvieille
Please note that the nearest station is more than
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