Château

English translation

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History

Castle built in the first twenty years of the 16th century. Unfinished construction due to the Wars of Religion. The East wing is continued in the 17th century (with terrace with balustrades and keel-shaped roof structure). This latter construction benefited from demolitions of earlier constructions. To the south, the network of caves excavated in the rock and the tower constitute the first defensive construction. The large south tower is the junction point of the two V-shaped wings, which form the plan of the castle. The second round tower, at the north-west angle, is equipped with a staircase within the thickness of the wall. At two-thirds of the west facade, a discontinuity in the stonework attests to the existence of two different construction campaigns. This facade retains moulded windows of the 15th-16th centuries, those on the north dating from the 17th century. The two towers were to be connected by a curtain wall and a wall-walk. A terrace with balustrades on arcades was affixed to the East wing in the 17th century. In the west wing, the rooms retain several monumental fireplaces of the 16th and 17th centuries. In the dining room are two painted canvases of the 17th century, illustrating 16th-century themes: falconry and hunting with hounds.