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Le château en bref
Documented as a fief from 1420 (Gaillard de Goth), the Château de Manlèche was largely built in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, probably under Arnaud de Goth. A debated local legend links the name of the site to Pope Clement V, who came from the Goth family. The estate then passed to the du Bouzet de Marin family (1623), and subsequently to the marquises de Boussost de Campels (from 1730). It is distinguished by its gallery, the earliest known example of this type of circulation space in Gascon castle architecture, and by its plan, extended with a lower courtyard that allowed active defence, which was unusual for compact Gascon castles.