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Le château en bref
Perched on a hilltop in Puymirol (Lot-et-Garonne), the Château de Pech-Redon was built around 1480 for Vincent Bilhonis, vicar general of the diocese of Agen, in a building campaign that continued into the 16th century. The buildings are arranged around a closed courtyard with enclosing walls and gateways; the main house retains vaulted rooms, and the whole is regarded as a regional witness to the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Bequeathed to the Annonciades nuns to found a novitiate, the place was held by Huguenots during the Wars of Religion: in 1580 the troops of Marshal de Biron bombarded, took and burned it, and the garrison was massacred. During the Revolution, emblems of the Ancien Régime were torn down. The main house, outbuildings, courtyard, wells, terraces and the hilltop plot have been listed as historic monuments since 19 March 2008. The château is privately owned.