Château des Jaubertes

English translation

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History

This seigneury probably results from the dismemberment of that of Castets. It is cited for the first time in a feudal lease of 1513. In the 16th century, the castle was partly burned by the Huguenots. It was burned again later by the Frondeurs. At the Revolution, the towers of the chapel and the staircase were decapitated. The castle consists of two large bodies of buildings arranged in an L-shape, onto which are grafted at the north-east angle an old rectangular tower containing the chapel and, in the interior angle on the east face, a hexagonal tower; to the south-east, a third rectangular tower. On the west façade, a round tower placed at the south end of the building corresponds to a projection. The hexagonal tower is pierced by three superimposed windows whose gables and moulded pinnacles are decorated with curled cabbage leaves. The interior preserves a billiards room decorated with painted Cordovan leathers, coming from the château Saint-Jean in the Landes. The paintings would date from 1720. Set into cedar woodwork specially made for their presentation, the leathers represent characters from the Commedia dell'arte and are decorated with garlands of flowers. To the east of the castle is a dovecot whose roof is pierced by dormers with semi-circular pediments.