Marthon Keep

En un regard

Le château en bref

All that remains of the castle of Marthon is its keep, the Tour du Breuil, built at the south-western corner of a polygonal curtain wall whose outline is still partly visible. The seigneury, attested as early as the 10th century with Hugues de Marthon as its first known lord, later passed to the powerful La Rochefoucauld family. The castle suffered English attacks during the Hundred Years' War and served as a base for Louis XI against his brother in the 15th century, before a new château was built from the 16th century onwards by Hubert de La Rochefoucauld, hastening the ruin of the old building. Owned by the Departmental Council of Charente since 1921, the keep, listed as a historic monument in 1928, was restored between 1998 and 2000.