Foix Castle is a medieval fortress standing on a steep rock above the city of the same name. Three Gothic towers and fragments of the surrounding defensive wall have survived to our times. The towers now have exhibitions about Foix County and the history of the castle.
The Foix castle is one of the oldest in the south of France. It was probably built at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. At the end of the 11th century it became the seat of the Counts of Foix. Henry III Nawarski also lived here for some time, who then became King of France Henry IV.
The building has survived to this day only in fragments. From the distance three towers are visible, cylindrical and two quadrilateral. From the castle there is a beautiful view of the town of Foix below and the surrounding mountains belonging to the side branch of the Pyrenees.
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