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The Château de Savignac-le-Haut, in the commune of Cazouls-lès-Béziers, is first mentioned in 1181 under the name "Saviniacum" among the possessions of an abbey. Built largely in the 12th and 13th centuries, it retains a trapezoidal plan with a continuous crenellated curtain wall to the west, flanked by a square tower, and remnants of a curtain wall to the east. The inner courtyard contains a remarkable staircase decorated with balusters and a recumbent lion on the handrail. A 17th-century painted ceiling in the north room depicts a winged victory holding a trumpet and a bouquet, surrounded by garlands, rosettes and heraldic cartouches supported by putti. The building has been listed as a monument historique since 1983 and remains privately owned.