Château de Sineuil

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Le château en bref

The Château de Sineuil, in Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm in the Dordogne, was built in the second half of the 16th century; its gateway bears the date 1578. Consisting of a fortified main building (corps de logis) flanked by two towers, one of which houses a spiral staircase, it was acquired through marriage by the old Quercy noble family of Vassal (recorded since 990), notably upon the marriage of Étienne de Vassal and Béraude de La Capelle de Sineuil in 1653. A chapel of Saint Barnabas, dated 1678 and erected following a consanguineous marriage, once stood in the park before being destroyed in the 19th century.