Roquetaillade Castle

Description: Roquetaillade, in the heart of Aquitaine, is an architectural unit composed of two XIIe century castles and beginning of XIVe, both inside the same enclosure. The same family occupies it since 1306. Two significant restorations marked its history: that of the Rebirth which left monumental chimneys in particular and that of Viollet-le duc, at the XIXe century, which transformed the building into a palace fortress with the assistance of Edmond Duthoit. This last decorated more particularly the Michaelmas vault. A park with the frondaisons centenaires surrounds the building. The Association of the Friends of Roquetaillade created an alive rural museum, "the Smallholding", located at the doors of the castle

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