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Le château en bref
The keep and seigneurial castle of Brignon (Gard), which gave rise to the medieval village, were built at the end of the 11th century as the seat of power of the lords Raimond de Brignon. The castle, expanded in the 12th and 13th centuries and then remodelled during the Renaissance, retained an internal wall-walk distinct from that of the ramparts, as well as loopholes and arrow-and-gun ports; the keep was reached by a ladder at the first-floor level. The land register of 1665 lists outbuildings (cistern, courtyard, garden, hayloft, stable). Abandoned by the Raimond family from the second half of the 17th century, sold as national property during the Revolution and then divided among several residents, the building has housed, since 1944 for its municipal part, the town hall of Brignon; major renovation works were carried out in 2018, although structural problems (inclination of the tower, foundations exposed by underground works) persist.