

Castle Foix, in the city prefecture of Ariège, was built from the twelfth century on the foundations of an earlier building on a rocky spur overlooking the city. It allowed to control the access to the valley while protecting the city whose inhabitants could take refuge inside its walls.
First made up of a single tower (there will be three in the end), the castle became seat of the county of Foix is reworked in the fourteenth century after having suffered a number of attacks during a crusade against the Albigensians, but without having ever been taken.
In 1930, a museum is opened which evokes the history of the department since Prehistory.
Release Dates
2019
Features
- Coin Alloy Name: Nordic Gold
- Coin Alloy Color: old gold
- Coin Diameter: 34,00
- Coin Thickness: 2,50
- Coin Edge: serrated, fine
- City: FOIX
- Country: France
- Available: yes
- Location: FOIX, France