Château de Théobon

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Théobon crowns a pech at Loubès-Bernac. In 1327, Gaubert de Mayrac declared himself lord of the estate; the lordship then passed to the Ségur family, then to the Pierrebuffière family, and finally, at the end of the 16th century, to the Rochefort de Saint-Angel family, who were Protestants. Rebuilt towards the end of the 16th century, the château is laid out around a large rectangular courtyard: a main residential block to the south, wings at right angles and an entrance pavilion to the west, all surrounded by moats crossed by a stone bridge. The major works of the 17th century left it a monumental staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade, a chapel, and painted ceilings depicting the Judgement of Paris and the fall of Icarus and Phaethon. A fireplace from the château is preserved at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington. At the beginning of the 18th century, the estate came into the Talleyrand-Périgord family through marriage. Listed in its entirety as a monument historique since 1962, this privately owned château opens to guided visits in the summer.