# Château de Moncade

Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Moncade stands in Orthez (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: second quarter of the 13th century, 14th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

On a hill above the Gave de Pau, the tower of Moncade stands alone over the town of Orthez, the last remaining part of a 13th-century fortress that served as residence to the viscounts of Béarn. Built on a spur with a pentagonal plan, the keep still rises some thirty metres and is surrounded by fully paved moats and the remains of several defensive walls. Gaston Fébus lived there and had the tower raised in the 14th century, before the stronghold gradually fell into decline from the 15th century onward.

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## Where this château is

- Rue Moncade, 64300 Orthez
- +33 5 59 69 00 83
- 43.492, -0.769974
- Heritage status : Listed historic monument (classé)
- Period of construction : 2e quart 13e siècle, 14e siècle

## Sources

- Official website : http://www.mairie-orthez.fr/
- Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118693
- Mérimée record : https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00084479

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