Donjon de Fauguerolles

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Donjon de Faugerolles, also spelt Fauguerolles, stands isolated at the locality of the same name, in the commune of La Croix-Blanche, in Lot-et-Garonne. It is the last surviving vestige of a thirteenth-century medieval castle whose curtain walls and other towers have disappeared; at the end of the thirteenth century, the estate was confiscated by the King of England. This square-plan tower, measuring about 6.40 by 7.50 metres with walls 1.20 metres thick, rises over three storeys without vaulting, two of its corners reinforced by buttresses. The entrance is through a pointed-arch doorway, above which corbels mark the position of a bretèche; the eastern face is pierced by a twin window with a trefoil head, and a small square opening on the south side probably gave access to a cellar. The ruins of the donjon have been listed as a monument historique since 20 June 1950. The site, which is privately owned, is not the subject of any organised visits.