Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes

Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes visitor information

Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Morte is a National Monument of France. This page focusses on the National Monument and visitor information - see Aigues-Mortes for more local information

13th century Remarkable fortified site. The fortified city of Aigues-Mortes was built in the 13th century on the order of Saint Louis to provide the kingdom of France with a port on the Mediterranean. The complex consists of 1,634 metres of ramparts flanked by twenty towers and one of the most splendid keeps in the architectural style of the Middle Ages, the Tour de Constance, which was used as a prison for Protestants from the Cévennes region from 1685.

Address & Contact

Tours et remparts d’Aigues-Mortes 30220 Aigues-Mortes

tél. : (33) (0)4 66 53 61 55 fax : (33) (0)4 66 53 79 98 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Prices

Adults: 7€ Concessions: 4,50€

Opening times

May 2 to August 31: from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 1 to April 30: from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Last admission 1 hour before closing time. Ticket office closed from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (from 1st September to 30th April).

Other dates closed

January 1, May 1, November 1 and 11, December 25

More Information

• See Places to visit near Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Morte for other places to visit nearby
• See Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Morte on the National Monuments website.

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Suggested places to visit near Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Camargue 23km; Montpellier 26km; Nimes 32km; Arles 36km; Montmajour Abbey 40km; Balaruc-le-Vieux 44km; Beaucaire 44km; Fontvieille 44km; Tarascon 45km; Sete 45km; Bouzigues 46km; Pont du Gard 49km; Loupian 49km; Meze 51km; Baux-de-Provence 51km; Uzes 51km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Aigues-Mortes

Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Etang de Scamandre - site of natural beauty (14km) : Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) - religious monument (22km) : Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues - remarkable garden (23km) : Jardins de la Fontaine - remarkable garden (32km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) - religious monument (36km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour (Arles) - religious monument (37km) : Etang de Thau - site of natural beauty (50km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) - religious monument (51km) :