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Le château en bref
The Château de Tholet, on the Causse Comtal at Gabriac, is attested as early as 1075 and developed from the 12th century onwards; its square keep, 24 metres high, was built in the 14th century. Guillaume de Solages fought the English there during the Hundred Years' War before 1418. In the 15th–16th centuries, François de Solages I, II and III, seneschals of the County of Rodez, transformed the medieval fortress into a Renaissance manor house. In 1626, the château escaped a demolition ordered by the king thanks to the marriage of Antoine de Grolée Montbreton to Marguerite de Solages. It was entirely pillaged in 1665 during a family conflict, and its Renaissance living quarters were partly ruined. Sold in 1686 and acquired in 1768 by Marc Antoine Dominique, it was confiscated during the Revolution (1792–1796). The Souyri family, farmers, owned it from 1886 to 2007. Since 2007, the château has been undergoing restoration, and it has offered guided tours in July and August since 2013.