Château du Lau

English translation

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History

Castle rebuilt in the middle of the 15th century (architecture bearing Flemish influence) for Antoine de Castelnau, chamberlain of Louis XI, on the site of a medieval castelnau. To the east, dwelling block of the 15th century; to the south, a wing in right-angle return of the end of the Middle Ages rearranged in the 19th century; to the west, an entrance châtelet, a defensive work dressed up in the 19th century; to the north, the demolished construction gave way to a moat filled with water, whose curved outline follows the contour of a mound recently razed (feudal motte?).