Château de Puymartin

En un regard

Le château en bref

A few kilometres from Sarlat and Les Eyzies, the Château de Puymartin has overlooked the countryside of the Périgord Noir since the 13th century. Taken by the English in 1357 and then bought back by the consuls of Sarlat, it was abandoned before being repurchased and enlarged from 1450 onwards by Radulphe de Saint-Clar, whose family kept it for several centuries — notably Raymond de Saint-Clar, captain of Puymartin, who fought the Protestants in the 16th century. Restored in the Gothic Revival style in the 19th century by the Marquis de Carbonnier de Marzac, the château is associated with the legend of the White Lady, who is said to haunt one of its bedrooms. Listed as a historic monument, it is now open to visitors.