Château de Saint-Martin de Toques

Château de Saint-Martin de Toques
General information
Location	Bizanet commune, Aude département, southern France
Construction started	12th to 14th century
Owner	Private

The Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is a partly ruined, mountaintop castle in the Bizanet commune in the Aude département of southern France.

Construction of the castle dates to the 12th and 14th centuries. It was later owned by the Viscounts of Narbonne. In the sixteenth century, an Italian family took over the castle. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, it was converted into a farm property, but was abandoned and fell into ruin.

The castle is now privately owned and has been listed since 1926 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

See also

• List of castles in France

External links

• Base Mérimée: Château de Saint-Martin de Toques (ruines), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Le Château de Saint-Martin-de-Toques at the web site Au cœur des châteaux cathares