Château de Montaner

[1] A castle was built on a motte in the 11th century by the Viscounts of Montaner.

[1] It was reconstructed in 1375 by Sicard de Lordat on the orders of Gaston Fébus[1] to protect the frontiers of Béarn with Bigorre and Armagnac.

[3] It includes a vast polygonal enceinte with 20 sections supported by buttresses with two gateways and a 36 metre high square keep, accessed by a swing bridge.

In summer, numerous spectacles and exhibitions are organised on the theme of the Middle Ages.

[5] The castle has been listed on the French Ministry of Culture's inventory of historic buildings since 1973 and classified as a monument historique since 1980.