En un regard
Le château en bref
The Château de Pomayrols, in the centre of the village, overlooks the Lot valley from a ridge. Its quadrangular enclosure is flanked by cylindrical corner towers about 28 metres high and 19 metres in circumference, built of schist bonded with Lot sand mortar, with corner quoins of sandstone from the Capelle Bonance quarries. The building, first mentioned in 1261 under the Cayrodes family, was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century by workmen from the Dômerie d'Aubrac, then enlarged in the 14th century (a bridge was built in 1329 to ease the transport of materials) and rebuilt one last time in 1446. Damaged by Huguenot attacks in 1568, it was never fully restored. It then passed to the La Romiguière (1408-1437), Montamat (from 1425) and Murat de Lestang (1452-18th century) families — among them Bérard Murat de Lestang, maître d'hôtel and chamberlain to King Louis XI, and Gabriel Murat de Lestang, who died defending Rhodes against Suleiman the Magnificent in 1522 — and then to the Roux de la Loubière and Dupont de Lignonnès families at the end of the 18th century. In 1905 one wing was converted into a school and town hall; since a renovation in 1986, the château has offered reception rooms and rental apartments, as well as a museum of old agricultural tools that groups can visit by appointment.
