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Le château en bref
Castelnau Castle, in Castelnau-de-Guers (Hérault), is first mentioned in 1069 as "castrum novum", then in 1088 as a dependency of the Viscount of Béziers. Enlarged in the 12th and 13th centuries with a fortified Romanesque chapel built of shell limestone, it received a second gallery with ribbed vaults at the end of the 15th century, then saw its main façade entirely renovated in the 16th century, and mullioned windows added in the 17th century. Abandoned and partly demolished at the end of the 18th century, it partially survives today, the Romanesque chapel retaining 11th-century masonry as well as two medieval trapezoidal underground chambers connected by a passage. Listed as a monument historique supplementary inventory since 2003, it is open to visitors by reservation through the Cap d'Agde tourist office.