Château de Geniez

English translation

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History

Castle established in a meander of the Célé in the 15th century, fortified in the 16th century. Decoration of plaster work from the beginning of the 18th century in the rooms of the first floor. Attested from the 15th century, the mill is destroyed in 1778, it is rebuilt at the end of the 18th century. Of almost square plan, equipped with a single arch it is typical of rural Quercy dwellings: limestone rubble stone with ashlar chain, roof in flat tile pavilion roof with dormer. Around 1860 all the mechanisms and the massive structure of three stone basins are completely remade. The mill is stopped around 1935. In the 1980s, it is emptied of its installations (three pairs of millstones on the ground floor) to consolidate it. There still remains the complete set of water inlets, and the intact basins and, deposited on the ground floor, the system of 4 rudders which was used to operate the sluices; outside the mill, two millstones on the ground recall its function.