The Château de Clérans is a castle in the commune of Cause-de-Clérans in the Dordogne département of France. It was built in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.[1]
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Description
editThe castle is situated in the southeast of the Périgord in a region known as Périgord pourpre, in the south of the Dordogne.
It is private property, open to the public on European Heritage Days.[2]
The castle was listed in 1948 as a monument historique for its keep and for other remains in 2007.[1]
History
editAn earlier castle on the site was burned by Raymond I of Turenne around 1100.[3] The castle was rebuilt from the 12th century.[1]
During the Hundred Years' War, it changed hands several times between the English and the French,[1] notably in 1378 when it was taken by Bertrand Du Guesclin. The castle became French in 1453.[3]
Abandoned, it was used as a stone quarry in the 19th century[3] until it was bought in 1936.
Architecture
editThe dwellings, the two towers, the châtelet and the medieval ramparts,[4] the high keep and a split enceinte, are preserved in state of ruins, except for a chapel fitted out as housing.
Gallery
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Castle ruins,
northeast side -
The keep -
Openings inside
the keep -
The tympanum of
the former chapel
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See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b c d Ministry of Culture: Château de Clérans (in French)
- ^ "Le château de Clérans. journées européennes du patrimoine". Seigneur de Clérans (in French). Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Château de Clérans, XIIe, XIIIe siècle". Éditions des Riches Heures (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Guy Penaud (1996). Dictionnaire des châteaux du Périgord. éditions Sud Ouest. p. 84. ISBN 2-87901-221-X.
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