Péchon Keep

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Le château en bref

Péchon Keep stands in Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba, in the Lot-et-Garonne department, north of Villeneuve-sur-Lot. It is a square keep built against a fortified manor house dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, a rare surviving example of fortified seigneurial dwelling in the Agenais. The tower has four storeys served by a spiral staircase; its pointed-arched openings on the first and second floors and its trefoil window on the top level reveal its Gothic origin. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a new residence was built in front of the old lodging. A document from 1750 mentions Maître Crespin, lawyer at the Parlement, living in his noble house of Péchon, and a hoard of coins, probably from the 13th century, was discovered nearby at the beginning of the 20th century. The keep is listed as a historic monument.