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Le château en bref
Château-Bas stands in the heart of the former bastide of Lisle, in the Dordogne, on rue des Lavoirs, below and opposite Château-Haut. It occupies the site of an older seigneurial castle, which disappeared at the end of the 16th century and belonged to the de la Porte family, co-lords of Lisle with the Saint-Astier family. The present building, constructed by the de Fumel family probably in the 16th century and altered in the 18th century, protected the lower part of the town on the side facing the Dronne. Almost square in plan, it has two floors pierced with narrow transomed windows; the north-east façade features a soberly decorated doorway bearing a coat of arms, while the windows on the south side have been enlarged. The building has a hipped mansard roof covered with interlocking and flat tiles. Restored, it remains a private property recorded in the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel.