Saint-Mexant Tower

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Le château en bref

The Saint-Mexant Tower, in Neuvic (rue de la Brèche), is the best-preserved remnant of a fortified residence built in the 13th century by the Veilhan de Penacors family. Its castle once had four large towers and is now known only from its ruins. In the 16th century, the family abandoned the fortress for a more comfortable town residence, the Hôtel Saint-Mexant. The surviving tower, remodelled at that time, is topped by a bartizan housing a spiral staircase. Its windows are articulated by pilasters, lintels and moulded sills, and the entrance doorway, with fluted pilasters and Ionic capitals with volutes, is finished with a pediment framing a coat of arms. In the inner courtyard survives the stump of a second, square tower, and a former neighbouring chapel has an opening surmounted by a classical entablature. The façades and roofs have been listed as monuments historiques since the order of 20 September 1972. Private property.