Château de Nègrepelisse, Medieval castle in Nègrepelisse, France

Château de Nègrepelisse is a ruined quadrangular fortress with four round towers and a rectangular keep, as shown in a 1773 drawing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The site was rebuilt from 2012 to 2014 by the RCR architecture firm to house La cuisine, an art and design center. A vaulted cellar from the 15th-century dwelling remains visible.

The castle dates from the Middle Ages and was part of royal settlement in the Aveyron valley at the end of the 13th century. Nègrepelisse, a Calvinist stronghold, was taken and burned by Louis XIII on 10–11 June 1622 in reprisal for the December 1621 massacre of the royal garrison; the castle, set apart, surrendered on 11 June. Abandoned after 1846, the ruins were bought by the commune in 1850 and turned into an esplanade; conservation work ran from 1997 to 2001, and the site was listed as a monument historique on 26 June 1989.

The castle hosted "La cuisine," an art and design centre inaugurated on 14 June 2014 and closed on 21 December 2022, in buildings rebuilt by the RCR architecture firm. Since 2014 the music festival "Les voix au château" has been held there each July. The site was listed as a monument historique on 26 June 1989.

The site stands at 91 m altitude northeast of the bastide, above a bend of the Aveyron. The ruins were turned into an esplanade after the town bought them in 1850, and conservation work ran from 1997 to 2001. The vaulted cellar of the 15th-century logis is still visible on the spot.

The vaulted cellar of the 15th-century logis survived the castle's progressive demolition and remains visible today. The site was bought by the commune in 1850 and turned into an esplanade, and conservation work was carried out between 1997 and 2001. The castle was listed as a monument historique on 26 June 1989.