Château de Payra-sur-l'Hers

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Payra-sur-l'Hers overlooks this village in the Lauragais of the Aude, on the edge of the Mirepoix area, on the site of a former early medieval fortress. From its defensive origins it retains a watchtower converted into a dovecote and remains of its curtain wall, while alterations made in the late 16th century, associated with the figure of Marguerite de Valois, gave it the appearance of a Renaissance residence. Passing through the hands of the de Marion, de Capriol and then d'Exéa families, it illustrates the transformation of a local fortified castle into a rural manor house, and has been protected as a historic monument since 1984.