En un regard
Le château en bref
The tower of Montcuq overlooks the village of Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc, in the Lot, from the top of a six-metre castral motte. Standing about 24 metres high, it is the main surviving remnant of a defensive system of which only a few stretches of curtain wall remain. This keep of the lords of Montcuq, vassals of the counts of Toulouse, also served as a seigneurial residence. The town's fortifications were dismantled after the Albigensian Crusade, but the tower was spared. With a rectangular plan measuring 12 metres by 8.5 metres, it is flanked by a square turret whose spiral staircase serves four rooms and a panoramic terrace. Stripped of its machicolations and floors, it was restored internally in 2009 and now houses an exhibition on Montcuq in the Middle Ages.
- Époque de construction
- XIIe-XIIIe siècle
- Localisation
- Montcuq, LOT
- Protection
- Monument historique
- Usage actuel
- Monument communal ouvert à la visite en été, Exposition permanente sur l'histoire médiévale de Montcuq, Terrasse panoramique