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In Laval-de-Cère, in the north of the Lot department on the banks of the Cère, the manor is a late 15th-century residence, whose right-angled wing was added at a later stage. It is notable for having been home to Marshal François Certain Canrobert, one of the leading military commanders of the Second Empire, who distinguished himself notably in the Crimea. The quadrangular main body is built of rubble gneiss and mica schist, with granite surrounds, materials typical of the foothills of the Massif Central. A spiral staircase tower rises on the south façade, and there are two small bretèches in granite as well as a chimney breast with a segmental arch, beneath a slate roof. Well preserved into the early 20th century, the manor was bought by the commune in 1929, then modernised in 1929–1930 by the architect Léon Ventax, who replaced the moulded windows with rectangular openings. It today houses the town hall and the post office.