Château d'Ambrus

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Le château en bref

Château d'Ambrus stands at the locality of Le Parc, north of the village, in Lot-et-Garonne. First mentioned in 1259 in feudal homage records that name several co-lords, including Bertrand de Xaintrailles, it passed successively to the families de Pins, de Feugas, de Pardaillan and then Ferron. The rectangular plan is organised around a square courtyard: a central 13th-century keep (about 6 x 6.60 m, three storeys, with a cross pattée-shaped arrow slit), a 15th-century L-shaped residential wing to the north with a corner tower, a late 16th-century entrance turret with a bretèche (an overhanging gallery), and an 18th-century additional residential wing. The keep's top was removed during the Revolution. The château was listed as a historic monument (monument historique) in 1988 and remains privately owned.