Château de Tarascon

It stands right on the banks of the Rhône opposite Château de Beaucaire, and near the St Martha's Collegiate Church.

The present castle replaced a fortress, built on the site of the Roman town of Tarascon to monitor the border of the County of Provence.

After the destruction perpetrated in 1399 by the bands of Raymond de Turenne [fr], the Anjou family decided to rebuild it entirely.

The construction of the current castle of Tarascon was started in 1401 by Louis II of Anjou.

The castle consists of two independent parts: the South, the stately home, flanked by round towers on the city side and river side with walls of up to 48 m high and square towers and the North, the lower court that defends the rectangular constructions.