Can you visit the château de Trigance?

The castle currently operates as a hotel and restaurant, so free access to the interior is mainly limited to guests of the establishment.

How old is the château de Trigance?

A fortress on the site is recorded as early as 1037, though what stands today mostly dates from rebuilding in the late 14th and early 15th centuries and later 16th century alterations.

Why is the castle partly ruined?

It was destroyed during the French Revolution and later used as a source of building stone for the village before being restored from the 1960s onward.

Where is the château de Trigance located?

It overlooks the village of Trigance in the Var department, perched on a rocky spur within the Verdon regional nature park.

Château de Trigance

Trigance Castle

Trigance

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Trigance

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Château de Trigance stands in Trigance (Var), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

Set on a rocky spur above the village of Trigance in the Var, this castle overlooks the Jabron valley within the Verdon regional nature park. First recorded in 1037, it was rebuilt around the turn of the fifteenth century and altered again in the sixteenth, before falling into ruin during the Revolution. Three of its round towers remain within a quadrangular enclosure, now restored and run as a hotel and restaurant.

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What to know

The castle now operates as a hotel and restaurant, which shapes access to its interior spaces.
Reaching the site involves a climb from the village up a rocky spur.
The building lies within the Verdon regional nature park, a protected landscape.
The vaulted former armoury houses the restaurant.
Because the ruins were long used as a stone quarry, most of the standing structure results from restoration work carried out since the 1960s.

Where this château is

Trigance · Var · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Address

Trigance, Var

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Frequently asked

Can you visit the château de Trigance?: The castle currently operates as a hotel and restaurant, so free access to the interior is mainly limited to guests of the establishment.
How old is the château de Trigance?: A fortress on the site is recorded as early as 1037, though what stands today mostly dates from rebuilding in the late 14th and early 15th centuries and later 16th century alterations.
Why is the castle partly ruined?: It was destroyed during the French Revolution and later used as a source of building stone for the village before being restored from the 1960s onward.
Where is the château de Trigance located?: It overlooks the village of Trigance in the Var department, perched on a rocky spur within the Verdon regional nature park.