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Lalande Castle is a medieval fortified house in the hamlet of Lalande, in the commune of Bélaye, in the Lot department. Its history is first that of the Séguier family, known as de la Siquayrie: around 1340, Jeanne de la Siquayrie passed the manor houses (repaires) of Boulvé and Lalande to her husband Bernard d'Orgueil, before the estate passed to the Montaigu family by marriage. The present building, erected between the late 14th century and the first half of the 15th century, was rebuilt in the second half of the 16th century. The rectangular main body is flanked by rounded towers, one of them at the north-east corner; the vaulted ground floor, with a barrel vault, opens through small defensive loopholes, while the upper floors, remodelled in the Renaissance, feature chimneypieces and mullioned windows. A private property, the castle is listed in the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel.