Around Prades, start with Château de Montaillou
A day out from Prades leads to Château de Montségur, 11 km away. What there is to see lies just outside: 2 places within 5 km of its centre. Look for a château and a museum.
The first to see around Prades
After Château de Montaillou comes a museum.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Around Prades, mapped
Furthest from the centre is Centre historique Jean Duvernoy, 1.6 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Prades; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
The places here are a château and a museum.
Dark: in Prades. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of it
Look within 5 km of its centre for both places listed.
Nothing is mapped in Prades itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
A little further out
Most famous of the 12 is Château de Montségur, 11 km from the centre.
MuseumChâteau de Foix30 km northwest, in FoixArchaeological siteArchaeological siteGrotte de Niaux23 km west, in NiauxAttractionAttractionChâteau de Puivert21 km northeast, in PuivertChâteauChâteauChâteau de Puilaurens34 km east, in PuilaurensChâteauChâteauChâteau de Roquefixade20 km northwest, in RoquefixadeAttractionAttractionFour solaire d'Odeillo35 km south, in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-ViaAttractionAttractionGrotte de Lombrives22 km west, in UssatChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Usson18 km east, in RouzeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Miglos23 km west, in MiglosChâteauChâteauChâteaux de Château-Verdun et de Gudanes16 km west, in Château-VerdunAttractionAttractionAbbaye d'Alet-les-Bains38 km northeast, in Alet-les-BainsPlaces within 40 km of Prades with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Your questions on Prades
Are there attractions near Prades?
Nothing is mapped in Prades itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Montaillou and Centre historique Jean Duvernoy.
Are there museums in or near Prades?
One, in town or within 5 km: Centre historique Jean Duvernoy.
What well-known places are within a day out of Prades?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Montségur (11 km), Château de Foix (30 km), Grotte de Niaux (23 km), Château de Puivert (21 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Prades, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Château de Foix: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.