Château de Tarascon – Centre d’art René d’Anjou – is fortified castle that stands inTarascon, in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
It is rebuilt in the15th century.
From Avignon TGV centre is 15 minutes to Tarascon by train.
The garden.
Court of Honour.
View over the Rhône river.
View from the castle over the city.
A great deal of graffiti can be found throughout the castle, including in the state rooms and outbuildings, since the castle was used as a prison from the 17th century onwards.
A census of the inscriptions has enabled us to draw up a typology of the prisoners: their nationality, origin and the day they were imprisoned.
The garden.
