Château de Gissac

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Gissac overlooks the Rougier de Camarès in Aveyron. Of medieval origin (1280), it first belonged to the Arnaud family, lords of Pont de Camarès, then passed successively to the Jourdain de Montlaur, Cahuzac and Narbonne families in co-lordship, before being brought together by Guillaume de Pomarède and then acquired by the Michel family. The building preserves the central part of the former castle, flanked by two round towers and a terrace with turrets, with wings added later. In the 19th–20th centuries, the 370-hectare farm was sold to an owner from Rodez, and the château then became an aérium (health-camp sanatorium) run by the Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul; Vincent Auriol stayed there under house arrest in 1942, before joining the Resistance. Today a hotel-restaurant, it offers rooms for receptions and seminars.