Guided tour of the castle of Faye

Name: Guided tour of the castle of Faye
Start: 2018-09-15T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de la Faye

A medieval castle within an organisation of border defence during Hundred Years' War.

15 and 16 September 2018Passed

Conditions

free Participation.

Château de la Faye

The family possessing the castle will narrate you events at the heart of Hundred Years' War.
Your free participation will allow to the association " Les amis d' Auriac-du-Périgord " (project manager of the protection(saving) of the Strong House of Ségelard currently) to continue its projects of rehabilitation of our heritage.

About the location

Château de la Faye

24290 Auriac-du-Périgord

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The castle of Faye was built in the XIIIth century from an old(former) observation tower of the defence system of the châtellenie of Montignac, perfected by Alphonse de Poitiers. This "donjon" was accosted in the XIVth century and in the XVth century of two massive towers which made Faye, during Hundred Years' War an important strong house. The set(group) trains(forms) the facade the South of the current castle. A staircase with screw, in the courtyard, connects(binds) these buildings(ships) between them.
In the XVIth century the castle is supplemented on the north side by the thought building(ship) galleries " training(forming) a quadrilateral so around a very narrow court(yard). The facade is is then prettified by a tower which shelters a second staircase with screw, wider and that gives access to galleries done up in residential building.
The castle knows, from 1756, a period of almost abandonment(relinquishment) and it is sold as very national in Revolution. In the state of ruins, it is restored from 1870.
Two towers of angle, northeast and southeast are then associated with him(her,it) while disappears the chapel of the XVIth century annexed to the castle.