Château de Lacoste, Medieval castle in Lacoste, France.
The castle sits on a hill extension of Little Luberon, providing views of the Calavon valley, Mont Ventoux and the distant Alps.
Built in the 11th century, the castle passed from the Simiane family to the Sade family through marriage when Diane Simiane wed Jean-Baptiste de Sade in 1627.
The Marquis de Sade created a theater inside the castle between 1769 and 1772, which could accommodate 120 spectators for performances.
Visitors can reach the castle by walking up the main street of Lacoste village until they arrive at the summit of the hill.
Fashion designer Pierre Cardin purchased the castle in 2001 and established an annual music festival in the nearby quarries.
Location: Lacoste
GPS coordinates: 43.83250,5.27194
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:38
Between gentle mountains and stone villages, Luberon encompasses everything that Provence has to offer in its brightest form. Its roads wind through lavender fields, ochre cliffs, and blonde bastides clinging to hills. Here, each village tells a story from a different time, each alleyway preserves the shadow of a medieval past, and each landscape appears painted by hand. In Gordes or Roussillon, the houses play with the light; in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, the Sorgue springs from an emerald-green abyss; and in the valleys, abbeys and castles watch over the plains.
Pont Julien
4.3 km
Forêt des cèdres du Luberon
2.9 km
Abbaye de Saint-Hilaire
2.2 km
Bonnieux - église haute
3.1 km
Église de Saint-Pantaléon
7.2 km
Prieuré de Saint-Symphorien
7 km
Dolmen de l'Ubac
4.2 km
Église neuve
3 km
Moulin de Jérusalem
4.3 km
Dolmen de la Pitchoune
3.5 km
Musée de la boulangerie de Bonnieux
3.1 km
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Clairmont d'Apt
7.7 km
Couvent des Récollets de Bonnieux
2.9 km
Domaine de la Citadelle
6.1 km
Église Saint-Sébastien de Goult
4.3 km
Chapelle Saint Véran de Goult
2.6 km
Scenic viewpoint
7.7 km
Église de Ménerbes
5.6 km
Église de l'abbaye de Saint-Hilaire
2.2 km
Église de l'Annonciation de Beaumettes
6.4 km
Église de Lacoste
123 m
Pont à coquille franchissant l'Aigue-Brun
6.2 km
Notre-Dame de Lumières
4.4 km
Chapelle Saint-Blaise dite des Pénitents de Ménerbes
5.4 km
Château de la Canorgue
3.5 km
Musée du Verre et du Vitrail
7.3 km
Temple protestant
200 m
Hotel Astier de Faucon
5.5 kmReviews
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