Château de Grignols

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Le château en bref

The Château de Grignols, in north-western Périgord, stands some fifty metres above the Vern valley. A first wooden castle is said to have been built there as early as the Early Middle Ages, later replaced by a stone fortress after the Norman invasions. From the 13th century, the seigneury belonged to the Talleyrand family (Boson de Grignols, before 1243), who held it until 1883. The castellany was raised to a county in 1613. Besieged during the Wars of Religion and attacked during the Croquant revolts, the castle was bombarded, looted and burned in 1652 during the Fronde, then fell into ruin; its ornaments were destroyed during the Revolution. Today only remains survive (curtain walls, arrow slits, two Renaissance pavilions), listed as a historic monument in 1928 and partially restored by private owners in the 20th century.