Château d'Aujols

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The Château d'Aujols, known as ‘les Créneaux’, is the remains of a medieval castle incorporated into the village of Aujols, in the Lot. It was built in the second half of the 13th century by the Cardaillac-Bioule family, and Bertrand de Cardaillac-Bioule paid homage for Aujols to the chapter of Cahors in 1252. In 1455, Jean de Cardaillac-Saint-Cirq encouraged the repopulation of the lordship after the Hundred Years' War; in 1543, Antoine de Cardaillac again paid homage for Aujols, and an agreement on rents was concluded with the inhabitants in 1548. According to the record, the family lost the lordship at the end of the 15th century, and the castle was gradually abandoned from the early 16th century onwards. Two medieval façades survive: the west façade, partly blind, and the main façade, crowned with crenellations behind which a gallery ran; the upper floor housed the great hall, lit by mullioned windows and oculi. Listed by the Inventaire régional, the remains are not protected as historic monuments. The tradition of a Templar commandery remains debated.