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Château
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Historic monument · classé · Mérimée

Château

At Mont-Saint-Louis

Classé historic monument since 1875One of 12 classé monuments in Beaucaire; classé is France’s highest protection, held by 14,963 of its 46,703 monuments (32%).
CChâteauS12th & 16th c.1875protected
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About Château

Château is one of 12 classé historic monuments in Beaucaire, the higher of France’s two levels of protection. It dates from the 12th & 16th c. It has been classé since 1875. 42 more historic monuments stand within 400 m.

Le château de Beaucaire est un ancien château fort qui se dresse en bordure du Rhône, sur la commune française de Beaucaire, dans le département du Gard, en région Occitanie.

From Wikipédia (French), article “Château de Beaucaire” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · read October 28, 2026

MHRead its Mérimée recordThe Culture ministry’s notice PA00102980 on POP↗

Classé is the highest protection: no work may be done on the building without the State’s permission, and the State’s architects watch over it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 monuments in about 10 minutes

Beaucaire · about 0.3 mi on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

3 more historic monuments within 150 m

C classé · I inscrit. Each opens its own page.

More like it

Other buildings like it nearby among the classé monuments

With a photo, within 25 mi; other towns first.

Questions about Château

Is Château protected?

Yes. It is classé, the higher of France’s two levels of protection as a historic monument since 1875 (Mérimée record PA00102980).

Can you visit Château?

The list doesn’t say when it is open. Many monuments open on the Journées européennes du patrimoine in September; the town hall or tourist office can tell you more.

When was Château built?

By the list’s record, it dates from the 12th & 16th c.

Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries). 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.