Château

English translation

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History

The castle was surrounded by several successive enclosures of which the traces are visible. It comprised, to the north, a large rectangular tower without exterior opening in the subsisting part, flanked by a building formed of a hall whose vaults rested by three round arches on a central pillar. The masonry of this tower, as well as that of part of the curtain wall, allow its construction to be dated prior to that of another smaller tower dating no doubt to the 12th century. A well sunk in the rock occupies the centre of the courtyard whose access is made by the only gate giving to the exterior, at the north-east of the complex. In the 17th century, the transformation into a summer residence gives the whole its present appearance. The interior presents, in the non-ruined parts, a succession of rooms which were fairly luxurious with chimneys in wood of Louis XIII style. According to local tradition, Simon de Montfort, after his victory over the Albigensians, is said to have compelled the lords of Montégut, his allies, to dismantle the towers.