Château de Pagax

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Pagax overlooks the Lot valley from the heights of Flagnac, on the border between Rouergue and Quercy. First mentioned in 1259, it retains a square main building (corps de logis) rising three storeys above a windowless ground floor, flanked by four massive corner towers linked by machicolations; a chapel dedicated to Saint Peter, founded in 1327, adjoined a defensive annex building until the 1960s. A medieval property of the Montarnal family, it passed by marriage in the 15th century to the Moret family, who opened large mullioned windows during Renaissance alterations. In 1773, Jacques Le Brunet de Paillez, the new owner, had the towers cut down before the Revolution. After passing to the Solanet and then the Campargue families in the early 20th century, it was acquired in 2005 by the Dessalles family, who undertook its restoration; the château was selected for the Loto du Patrimoine (Heritage Lottery) in 2020.