Château de la Vergne

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Le château en bref

The Repaire de la Vergne (Château de la Vergne), at Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil in the Dordogne, was built around 1300 by Pierre Foucault as a watch post during the Hundred Years' War, as a vassal of the fortress of Les Bernardières. Its square tower predates the 14th century; two L-shaped building ranges were remodelled between the 16th and 18th centuries. Through successive marriage alliances, the estate passed through the Foucault, de la Porte, Peschier and Camain families, before being inherited by Jean Robinet de Lasserve in 1871 (350 hectares, château, mill, farms); it was then seized and sold in 1886 to Jean Coussy, mayor of Les Graulges. The present-day descendants, the Allard family, completed the restoration of the fourth face of the tower and of the interior in 2024. The estate retains a remarkable conical dovecote with 1,417 nesting holes (boulins), fitted with a two-armed rotating ladder.