Château de Berlats

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Le château en bref

The Château de Berlats (Tarn), built in the 13th century, possibly by the Beyne family (marriage of Augustin de Beyne and Isabelle d'Escroux in 1242), was attacked by the Huguenots of Captain Ferrières on 5 June 1569 and fell on 10 June after the artillery from Castres arrived, thirty defenders being killed. It was then looted and destroyed. Rebuilt in the 17th century as a country house, it passed to the Durand de Bonne de Sénegats family, who were lords until 1783. The main building, measuring 30 by 25 m, has three storeys under hipped roofs; a semicircular tower truncated to the west recalls the damage of the Revolution. The 29-hectare estate houses the only stud farm in the Tarn, still in operation.