Château de Saint-Géry

English translation

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History

The oldest text mentioning the castle dates back to 1229. The building consists of a U-shaped building surrounding a central courtyard and preceded by two building sections constituting the outbuildings and framing a forecourt. The castle itself is constituted of three main dwellings dating from the 14th, 15th and up to the end of the 18th century. The exterior architecture, greatly modified over the centuries, is fairly disparate. The most interesting elements are located in the east wing, on the Tarn side, and in the arrangements of the central section, on the courtyard side, built in the 18th century. Vestiges of the decoration of this period are still visible above the cornices of the three windows of the first floor. The round tower, with its machicolations and its loopholes, dates from the 14th century. The small room on its floor is vaulted with a rib vault. The corner tower of the south, square and massive, three storeys high, appears to be from the 15th century. Stripped of its crenellations, it has nevertheless preserved two carved gargoyles. These constructions of the 14th and 15th centuries concern only the ground floor. During the 17th century, the owners transform the feudal castle into a residence in the Louis XIII style. Other important transformations are carried out in the 18th century (filling in of the moats, construction of outbuildings, enlargement of the terrace towards the Tarn...). The 14th-century chapel is decorated with paintings.