Château de Puymartin

Castle Puymartin lies hidden in the middle of the Périgord Noir, in the French region of Aquitaine in the Dordogne between Sarlat and Les Eyzies on the territory of the municipality Marquay. The fort secured the roads northwest of Sarlat.

Building

The castle, built in the 13th to 16th century stands on a steep hill. The costs associated with building towers are protected by curtains. Access is by a two buildings gatehouse. One of the buildings has been completely restored, the other, which was completed in the time of the Renaissance, is an example of the architecture of the 15th century.

The internal design of the castle include furniture and paintings from the 17th century; Showpiece is the honor chamber with tapestries from Aubusson. There are beamed ceilings "à la francaise ", wood paneling and fireplaces.

Castle Puymartin was included in the list of historical monuments of France.

History and stories

Puymartin Castle was originally built mid-13th century by the abbots of Sarlat. Around 1270 it passed into the possession of Servia family. In 1357 conquered during the Hundred Years' War, British mercenaries, the castle, and journeyed not only after payment of a high ransom again, but without having dragged it before.

1450 bought Radulphe de Saint -Clar back the abandoned property and took the reconstruction and the extension attack. In the 16th century the castle was the headquarters of his grandson Raymond de Saint -Clar, leader of the Catholics of the Perigord noir, in its victorious struggle against the Protestants.

A decades- long dispute over ownership between Suzanne de Saint- Clare and her brother Jean ended in favor of Suzanne. Under Louis XIV, the family La Pleinie owned the castle, and in the time after François de Roffignac Carbonnier de Marzac. The Seigneur was imprisoned during the French Revolution and leave the building itself. Shortly before the end of the 19th century, the Marquis de Marc de Carbonnier Marzac restore the castle and partially rebuilt in neo-Gothic style. His only daughter married Count Jacques de Montbron, father of the present owner Henri de Montbron.

There is the horror story of a midnight geisternde through the rooms " White Lady ". This goes back to Thérèse de Saint -Clar. She was the wife of Jean de Saint -Clar, Seigneur of the castle Puymartin in the 16th century, and was surprised by her husband in the arms of her lover. The deceived husband retaliated by he held her captive for 15 years and after her death was walled up the room.