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Le château en bref
In Saint-Médard-de-Presque, near Saint-Céré in the north-east of the Lot department, Presque Castle is the centre of an estate first recorded in 960. The chivalric family of Bonafos held it from the Middle Ages until 1712, when it was sold to the Costa de Beaulieu family; the coats of arms of the Bonafos-Presque family are still visible there. The present castle dates from the 17th century. Its main residential block is flanked by two square pavilions added in 1690, while a lower west wing was built in the 18th century; a round tower completes the ensemble. The jewel of the castle is its 17th-century chapel, covered with painted ribbed vaults. The building is constructed of limestone and roofed with slate. Badly deteriorated by 1877, it lost its archives in 1951, which were destroyed by a descendant of the Costa family, making its history more difficult to reconstruct. A privately owned property, it now houses holiday accommodation.