Château de Palemont

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Le château en bref

The Château de Palmont (Palemont), in Fontanges (Cantal), is a rectangular keep built around 1480 by Guy (Guyot) de Fontanges on the ruins of an older fortification, standing on an escarpment overlooking the Maronne. Its circular tower on the east side houses the spiral staircase and is topped by a chapel. Each of its five levels contains a hall, some of them vaulted, and a small château was built against the keep in the 19th century. In 1617, Louis de Scorailles seized it by force from Jean d'Espinchal; the estate then passed to the Thoury family (1621), the Mossier family (1692) and later the Salvage de la Margé family. The facades and roofs of the keep have been listed as a historic monument (inscrit monument historique) since 22 December 1970; it is owned by a private company.