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Le château en bref
The Château de Pruines, built in the 15th century from local red sandstone, comprises a main residential building, a tower and a stable. Interior alterations were made in the 16th century, followed in the 17th century by highly colourful painted and carved ceilings, a period when the château belonged to Jean-Antoine Bancalis (1655-1706). Passing from the d'Arjac-Solages families to Marcenac and then to Bancalis, seized as national property during the Revolution and then bought back by the Bancalis family, it was municipally owned in the early 20th century before returning to private hands. Restored between 1974 and 1999 and furnished in period style, it preserves a collection of old pottery and copperware, and is part of the tourist circuit of the Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue, which brings together 23 châteaux and archaeological sites of the region.