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Château les Bouysses overlooks the Lot valley at Mercuès, near Cahors. In 1232, Raymond de Lard gave the estate to the Cistercian nuns of Leyme to found a priory, of which semicircular barrel-vaulted cellars survive; the chapel was replaced by a wine store in 1745. Sold as national property in 1791 to François Agar, mayor of Mercuès, the estate passed in 1823 to his cousin Michel Agar, Count of Mosbourg, a former minister to Joachim Murat, who rebuilt the main house in the Italian style. The residence consists of a main block with an L-shaped wing, a terrace overlooking the valley and a monumental external double-flight staircase; an orangery dates from 1820. Owned by the Vicomtes de Rougé and, since 1933, by the Marre family, the château was restored between 1996 and 2012. The cellars and the staircase have been listed as Monuments Historiques since 1989. The wine estate now offers accommodation, weddings and seminars.