Château de Caussade

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Caussade, at Trélissac in the Dordogne, succeeds a fief dating back to Bishop Frotaire (977–991), held from the 12th century by the Vigier family and then, from 1386, by the Cugnac family, of whom Jean III took part in the Protestant capture of Périgueux in 1575. The present building, polygonal in plan, reinforced by four square towers with machicolations and surrounded by partially filled-in moats, dates from the 15th century. Having passed to the La Marthonie family and then been sold around 1820 to Count Leroy de Barde, it served as a detention centre for German officers in 1914–1918 and later as a refuge for Resistance members in 1939–1945. Restored after the 1999 storm, it remains a private property classified as a historic monument (monument historique).