What can visitors see at Longsard Castle ?

The ground floor features a mosaic-adorned vestibule and a two-flight spiral staircase as highlights, while the first floor remains accessible via this staircase. The formal garden and courtyard of honour are also part of the estate's notable spaces.

What architectural style does the castle display ?

The castle features a rectangular layout with two side pavilions, typical of seventeenth-century design. The outbuildings are partly constructed in rammed earth, a traditional local building material.

Can visitors access the park ?

The castle's park, the most extensive of the protected spaces on the estate, includes its pathways, basins, stairs and period landscape features.

Château de Longsard

Longsard Castle

Arnas

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Château de Longsard stands in Arnas (Rhône), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 17th century, 18th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Longsard Castle, built in the seventeenth century near Arnas, features a rectangular main building with two flanking pavilions, opening southward onto a formal garden. The complex is organized around a courtyard of honour, closed to the north by outbuildings. The most notable interiors occupy the ground floor, where a mosaic-adorned vestibule leads to a winding staircase connecting to the first-floor apartments.

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The monument is listed as a historic building; the designation covers the entire park, the courtyard of honour, the pathways and their fixtures (stairs, basins, walls, gates and urns).
The outbuildings include a vat house, a greenhouse, an orangery and former rammed-earth buildings that once housed stables, storage, haylofts and the steward's residence.
The park serves three purposes: ornamental, landscape and agricultural.

Where this château is

Arnas · Rhône · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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4060 Rte de Longsard, 69400 Arnas

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+33 4 74 65 55 12

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA69000035
Period of construction: 17th century, 18th century

Frequently asked

What can visitors see at Longsard Castle ?: The ground floor features a mosaic-adorned vestibule and a two-flight spiral staircase as highlights, while the first floor remains accessible via this staircase. The formal garden and courtyard of honour are also part of the estate's notable spaces.
What architectural style does the castle display ?: The castle features a rectangular layout with two side pavilions, typical of seventeenth-century design. The outbuildings are partly constructed in rammed earth, a traditional local building material.
Can visitors access the park ?: The castle's park, the most extensive of the protected spaces on the estate, includes its pathways, basins, stairs and period landscape features.