Hôpital Saint-Nicolas · Photo: Olivier · CC BY-SA 4.028 historic monuments, 11 classé
Tarascon has 18 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. 22 of Tarascon’s monuments are in our photos. Tarascon’s oldest monuments date from the 11th century.
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Tarascon in 22 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Chapelle et Tour Saint-GabrielClassé
Porte de la CondamineClassé
Chapelle Saint-VictorClassé
Église Saint-JacquesClassé
Abbaye Saint-Michel de FrigoletClassé+17See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Where Tarascon’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point. 2 monuments have no point on the map.
11 classé monuments in Tarascon
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 11 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé17 inscrit monuments in Tarascon
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 17, A to Z
Houses and homes are the largest group in Tarascon
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 12 of 28 monuments (43%). 8 are religious buildings, 5 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old Tarascon’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
9 of 22 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Chapelle de Lansac (11th & 17th c.). 6 monuments have no date on the list.
Tarascon’s list has grown since 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1840: Chapelle et Tour Saint-Gabriel, Château du Roi René and Église Sainte-Marthe. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 4 have been added since 2011.
14% of homes in Tarascon were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
14% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (30%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
16 people born in Tarascon before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Tarascon Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Tarascon has the 6th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 15,000 to 15,800 residents, by historic monuments.
Historic monuments in the towns around Tarascon
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarascon | 15,396 | 28 | 11 | — |
| Beaucaire Gard | 15,692 | 52 | 12 | Yes |
| Jonquières-Saint-Vincent Gard | 3,875 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Fontvieille | 3,571 | 21 | 10 | — |
| Montfrin Gard | 3,122 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Maillane | 2,775 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Aramon Gard | 4,081 | 8 | 2 | — |
Tarascon in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Tarascon: per resident it has more than 94% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 28 historic monuments, 11 of them classé, including Hôpital Saint-Nicolas. Its housing is old: 14% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Château du Roi René sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Only 5 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 22 with a date, 13 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The oldest is Chapelle de Lansac, from the 11th century.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Tarascon
How many historic monuments are there in Tarascon?
The Culture ministry lists 28 historic monuments in Tarascon: 11 classé and 17 inscrit.
Which monuments in Tarascon are classé?
11, among them Chapelle Saint-Victor, Porte de la Condamine, Château du Roi René, Hôpital Saint-Nicolas, Maison Renaissance ou Hôtel de Sambucy ou Laudun ou Hôtel de Rouet and Hôtel de ville.
How old are the monuments of Tarascon?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in Tarascon first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Tarascon?
14% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.