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This list of castles in Picardy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in northern France.
Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Château-Thierry | 9–17th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Château de Coucy | c.1220 | Ruins | ![]() |
Keep was 180 ft (55 m) high, in 1917 the German army dynamited the keep and the four corner towers using 28 tons of explosives. | |
Château de Fère-en-Tardenois | 13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Château de La Ferté-Milon | Ruins | ![]() |
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Château de Guise | 10–16th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Ville de Guise | |
Donjon de Septmonts | 14th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Commune |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Donjon de Clermont | 11–13th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Montataire | 12–15th century | ||||
Château de Pierrefonds | c.1393–1407 | Reconstructed | ![]() |
Imaginatively reconstructed by Viollet-le-Duc 1857–85, on the instruction of Napoleon III of France.[1] | |
Château de Verneuil-en-Halatte | Ruins | ![]() |
Royal castle of Henri IV of France. | ||
Château de Vez | 13–14th century | Substantially intact |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Boves | 10th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Château d'Eaucourt-sur-Somme | 15th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Château de Folleville | 14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Château de Ham | 11–15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Dynamited on 19 March 1917 by the German Army. | |
Château de Péronne | Three towers and walls | ![]() |
Contains First World War museum, the Historial de la Grande Guerre | ||
Château de Picquigny | 11–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Severely damaged in World War I. | |
Château de Rambures | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Largely built of brick. |
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