Château de Paluel

En un regard

Le château en bref

Perched on a rocky spur overlooking the Énéa stream, the Château de Paluel combines several centuries of history: a 12th-century keep watches over a 15th-century main residence flanked by machicolated towers. Under Prince Louis de Croÿ, in the early 20th century, the ensemble received a Neo-Gothic wing that heightened its romantic character — but it was also under this same owner that the château became entangled in the clandestine history of the Cagoule, before its underground passages supplied weapons to the Resistance. Set on fire in 1944, the estate has also lent its melancholy ruined silhouette to the cinema, from Jean Gabin in "Le Tatoué" to Drew Barrymore in "Ever After". Bought in 2017 by the restaurateur Étienne Cluzel, it is undergoing a gradual restoration, open to the public in summer, which ultimately aims to raise its medieval keep once again.