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Château de Clermont

Concorès, Italy

Château de Clermont

The Château de Clermont (French: [ʃɑto d(ə) klɛʁmɔ̃]) is a castle in the commune of Concorès in the Lot department of France. A 13th-century tower contains a chapel. Significant alterations and additions were made in the 16th and 17th centuries. The castle was ruined during the Hundred Years' War an

d rebuilt at the end of the 15th century or beginning of the 16th. Pillaged and turned into a quarry during the French Revolution, the building has been largely destroyed. Restoration work was carried out in the 19th century (square tower, doorway of the corps de logis). The castle maintains its defensive character. It forms a quadrilateral flanked by four round towers. There is a curtain wall in the north east against which are leant small older buildings. The main corps de logis is opposite while the two other sides were occupied by buildings which are now destroyed. The south east is occupied by stables built after the French Revolution and joined to the main building by a square staircase tower. The towers are lower than originally. 16th-century works are visible in the remains of the principal corps de logis. Following major structural rebuilding in the early 2000s, the château and barn...

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