Château de la Prune-au-Pot

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Le château en bref

Overlooking the Creuse valley, in the commune of Ceaulmont, the Château de la Prune-au-Pot owes the second part of its name to the Pot family, who owned it before abandoning it. Built in the early 13th century, it began to fall into ruin as early as the 15th century, which did not prevent it from hosting Henry IV in the 16th century during the siege of Argenton. Passing to the Bourbons in the 17th century and incorporated into the royal domain, it was placed under sequestration after the Revolution. The fortress forms a square courtyard enclosed by a wall crowned with machicolations, flanked by a square tower, two round towers and a rectangular tower; it retains two gatehouses with drawbridges, a hexagonal hall fitted with latrines, and a cistern fed by a spring. Between 1985 and 1996, volunteers from the Chantiers Histoire et Architecture Médiévales carried out its preservation, after which the Aguttes family, owners since 2000, continued the restoration. The grounds can be visited in season.