Villandraut Castle

Description: Villandraut constitutes with the close castle of Roquetaillade an example among purest to architecture castrale of the years 1300 in Guyenne: the influence of the castles built by Édouard III of England in Wales, itself marked of the originating seal philippien is manifest there. It has the immense advantage, compared to its neighbor, not to be restored. But, beyond its military carapace, the castle of Villandraut is also a palace built for the pope (who hardly resided at it more than three months...): A palace organized in three wings, with a perfection equivalent to that of Perpignan, about contemporary

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