Château de Latour

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Le château en bref

The Château de Latour-sur-Sorgues, in Marnhagues-et-Latour, has dominated for more than a thousand years the rock overlooking the River Sorgue and the village of Latour. Its origins go back to the dismemberment of a Gallo-Roman vicaria, granted in 957 by the Count of Toulouse to the brothers Frotaire, Bishop of Cahors, and Bernard, Count of Albi, of the Trencavel family, who then enfeoffed the area to the lords of Latour under the successive suzerainty of Aragon and then of the Count of Toulouse. Continually remodelled over the centuries, the building now takes the form of a large square structure with an inner courtyard, flanked by unusual polygonal bartizans. It is open to visitors daily from 1 May to 30 September (10 am–12 pm and 2 pm–7 pm), and on request out of season.