List of castles in Picardy

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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
Château de Château-Thierry 9–17th century Ruins
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
Château de La Ferté-Milon Ruins
Château de Guise 10–16th century Ruins Ville de Guise
Donjon de Septmonts 14th century Substantially intact Commune

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Name
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes
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

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