Château de Montlaur

Montlaur Castle

Montaud

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Montaud

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Château de Montlaur stands in Montaud (Hérault), in the Occitanie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: Middle Ages). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

On the commune of Montaud, the ruins of the château de Montlaur stand on a spur of the last Cévennes foothills, looking out over the plain toward the coast. Cradle of a noble family recorded since the 11th century, the stronghold endured two sieges during the Wars of Religion before being dismantled in 1622. What remains today - a fortified terrace, a watchtower, and traces of redans forming an irregular pentagonal layout - offers a notable example of medieval military architecture in the Bas Languedoc region.

Written from Château de Montlaur (Montaud)

What to know

The site consists of ruins only, with no inhabited château to tour.
Access is via the road linking Montaud to Montpellier, roughly twenty kilometres away.
The uneven terrain and ruined state call for reasonable physical fitness, with no known facilities.
The site has been a listed historic monument since 1942.
No information on opening hours, admission fees or organised visits is available.