When was the present Vigouroux Castle built?

The castle was erected in the sixteenth century, reusing material and foundations from an earlier fortress dating to the eleventh century.

Who owned the castle throughout its history?

The lordship passed through several noble families and changed hands multiple times under French crown control. In 1641, Louis XIII granted it to Honoré de Grimaldi.

What original decoration survives?

Stained glass windows bearing the arms of the Lastic family from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, decorative woodwork, and period wallpapers on the second floor remain visible.

Château de Vigouroux

Vigouroux Castle

Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux

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Where: Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux

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Château de Vigouroux stands in Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux (Cantal), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 15th century, 16th century, 18th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Vigouroux Castle has occupied the site of an earlier eleventh-century fortress, destroyed in the mid-fourteenth century, since the fifteenth century. Built partly with stone from that earlier fortress, it has retained its original layout despite later reductions in height and successive renovations. The building shows evidence of modifications spanning the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries and still bears traces of its noble past: heraldic stained glass windows, decorative woodwork, and period interior furnishings.

What to know

The castle is listed as a historic monument, but current conditions for public visiting or access are unknown.
The present structure dates mainly from the sixteenth century, though major eighteenth-century modifications reduced the number of storeys, with the exception of the central tower which retains its original height.
Some interior decoration survives: period wallpapers on the second floor and fragments of stained glass bearing the coats of arms of noble families from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Where this château is

Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux · Cantal · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Address

15230

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00093647
Period of construction: 15th century, 16th century, 18th century

Frequently asked

When was the present Vigouroux Castle built?: The castle was erected in the sixteenth century, reusing material and foundations from an earlier fortress dating to the eleventh century.
Who owned the castle throughout its history?: The lordship passed through several noble families and changed hands multiple times under French crown control. In 1641, Louis XIII granted it to Honoré de Grimaldi.
What original decoration survives?: Stained glass windows bearing the arms of the Lastic family from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, decorative woodwork, and period wallpapers on the second floor remain visible.