Château de La Caze

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Le château en bref

The Château de La Caze, in Peyrusse-le-Roc in the Aveyron (not to be confused with the famous Château de La Caze in the Gorges du Tarn, in the Lozère, now a hotel), is a rustic Renaissance residence whose construction was begun in 1420 by Jacques de Peyrusse. It consists of a rectangular main building of three storeys above a mezzanine, flanked by two round towers with machicolations, and is entered by a flight of nine steps leading to a doorway. Burned by the Huguenots at the end of the 16th century, it was rebuilt and then altered in the 18th century (windows re-cut, a low wing added). Successively owned by the de Peyrusse, de Turenne d'Aubepeyre, Ricard de Lacaze, Delpech-Delperié and then d'Armagnac de Castanet families, it has been listed (inscrit) as a historic monument since 2018. It is privately owned and not open to visitors.