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Le château en bref
The Château de Roumégous, in the Viaur valley at the hamlet of the same name in the commune of La Salvetat-Peyralès, is a square mass flanked by four large round towers and built on a rock, with a main building (corps de logis) measuring 8.70 by 8.45 metres and corner towers about 7 metres in diameter containing square rooms. Built around 1250 by the Cadolle family to replace an abandoned fortress on the lands of Cadoule, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Lardit de Bar, captain of Najac and seneschal of Rouergue. Inherited in 1519 by Pierre de Chalon, it passed in 1640 to the Bourbon-Malause family, then in 1746 to the du Truel family, before being acquired in 1794 by the Blanquet family and later by the Gargaros families. Now severely dilapidated, only the shell of the main building remains; one tower collapsed in the early 20th century and the outer defensive works have disappeared.