Free visit of the exterior of a Perigordian castle

Name: Free visit of the exterior of a Perigordian castle
Start: 2023-09-15T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château d'Aucors

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, come and discover the magnificent exterior of the Aucors Castle overlooking the Nizonne Valley. The castle is established on a falais...

15 - 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©C. Piraud

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, come and discover the magnificent exterior of the Aucors Castle overlooking the Nizonne Valley. The castle is established on a limestone cliff with caves.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Château d'Aucors

Aucors, 24340 Beaussac

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Castle 15th-17th centuries. On a natural defensive site, settled in the eleventh century a first fortress of which there are only a few traces in the rocks. During the Hundred Years' War, it was occupied by the English, but the seneschal of Poitou besieged it and resumed it in 1435\. Stone balls of 100 kg attest that he had to use a mangonel (a kind of catapult) to obtain the surrender of the garrison. As soon as peace returned, a dwelling was rebuilt on the edge of the cliff and a staircase was added to it around 1500\. Ruined at the time of the wars of religion and abandoned, it was rebuilt in 1617 by its new owner, Jean de Conan, who encased it with two "pepper" scaffolds. A narrow terrace overlooking the void was added during the reign of Louis XIV.