Château de Montaigut-le-Blanc

En un regard

Le château en bref

In the heart of the Puy-de-Dôme, the ruins of the Montaigut-le-Blanc castle overlook the village and recall the role of this Auvergne stronghold as the cradle of the Montaigut family. Only fragments remain: a stretch of curtain wall flanked by several towers on the eastern side, and a large inner courtyard that gives a sense of the scale of the original enclosure. The main building campaigns are attributed to the 13th and 15th centuries. Local tradition holds that the stones of the structure were reused to build the hamlet of La Croix du Bois. Listed as a historic monument as early as 1889, the site is owned by private owners and by the commune.