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The Château de Cabrerets occupies a limestone spur overlooking the Célé valley, in the Lot. A first castle was built on the site in the 13th century by the Barasc family, before passing to the Cardaillac. The present building dates from around 1500–1520, as confirmed by a dendrochronological dating of 1507, and remains partly unfinished because of the Wars of Religion. It consists of two wings set at an angle around a courtyard: the western wing is flanked by two large round towers, and the southern wing follows the edge of the escarpment, with a stair tower at their junction, cellars cut into the rock, and a balustraded terrace on arcades. The walls combine rubble limestone and tufa, under flat-tiled roofs and conical roofs. From 1934 the château housed a museum of prehistory, whose collections were given to the commune when the property was sold in 1964. It has been listed as a monument historique since 28 November 1996, and belongs to a private company.