Can you visit the Château d'Aujols?

Only a crenellated wall remains, partly built into a private dwelling, and there is no confirmation that it is open to organised public visits.

Who built the Château d'Aujols?

The Cardaillac-Bioule family had it built in the second half of the 13th century, on a fief held from the chapter of Cahors cathedral.

Why is the Château d'Aujols in ruins?

Devastated during the Hundred Years' War and then abandoned by the Cardaillac-Bioule family at the end of the 16th century, it fell into ruin and was only partly reused in the 18th century.

Is the Château d'Aujols a protected monument?

The crenellated wall known as Les Créneaux has been listed as a historic monument since 25 June 1929.

Créneaux d'Aujols

Aujols

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Château d'Aujols stands in Aujols (Lot), in the Occitanie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument. No visits are on record for this building.

In Aujols, in the Lot department, a stretch of crenellated wall known locally as Les Créneaux is what remains of a castle built by the Cardaillac-Bioule family in the second half of the 13th century. Already in ruins by the 18th century, the structure had two of its facades absorbed into a later dwelling. Visitors come here less for a restored monument than for the surviving fragments of a seigneurial stronghold tied to the turbulent history of Quercy.

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What to know

Only a crenellated wall remains, partly incorporated into a more recent building.
The site has been listed as a historic monument since 1929, but nothing indicates it is open to the public as a visitable castle.
No verified information exists regarding opening hours, admission fees or visit duration.
The site lies in the rural Lot countryside, near the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Aujols.

Where this château is

Aujols · Lot · Occitanie

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46090 Aujols

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00094970

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Can you visit the Château d'Aujols?: Only a crenellated wall remains, partly built into a private dwelling, and there is no confirmation that it is open to organised public visits.
Who built the Château d'Aujols?: The Cardaillac-Bioule family had it built in the second half of the 13th century, on a fief held from the chapter of Cahors cathedral.
Why is the Château d'Aujols in ruins?: Devastated during the Hundred Years' War and then abandoned by the Cardaillac-Bioule family at the end of the 16th century, it fell into ruin and was only partly reused in the 18th century.
Is the Château d'Aujols a protected monument?: The crenellated wall known as Les Créneaux has been listed as a historic monument since 25 June 1929.