Château de Salignac

Traveller Reviews Google Château de Salignac

4.5 sur 5 258 reviews

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  4 sur 5 Reviews posted by joost on 09/08/2021

  First mention of a castle dates back to the turn of the millennium. Typically enough the original wooden structures start to be replaced by stone buildings in the 11th and 12th centuries, to which date back the two dungeons of the Salignac castle. The Salignac Castle has seen a lot of historic changes, reaching its height in the 15th century after which it slowly decayed. The castle suffered damages during the Hundered Years War and the Wars of Religion. During the French Revolution villagers took over the castle, broken up and sold. By 1910 the main building and guardhouse were still standing. By 1912 the Salignac family bought back the castle and turned the remains into a stately manor, leveling most of the ruins and guardhouse to create a garden around three terraces on different levels. The castle was abandoned again, and by 2006 found new owners that set-out on a multi-generational journey to restore this historic monument. They worked 15 years to stabilize the site, replace structural beams and redo the ‘lauze’ roof. In 2021, 30 years after its last inhabitants left, the castle reopened its doors to the public. A visit gives you the unique opportunity to visit ‘a work in progress’. Much of the terraces are currently excavated, which allows for a sneak-peak under the surface. The spiral staircase provides access to the basement cut out from the rock, a room ‘left as they found it’, the central part currently under renovation, as well as a restored room with its ‘pisé’ floor and historic decor.

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  4 sur 5 Reviews posted by Jeanette Gittens on 26/08/2021

  Very much a work in progress but one of the rooms has been fully renovated to show the standard intended for the rest of the castle. Worth a visit and we will return in a few years to see how it's going.

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  3 sur 5 Reviews posted by David Southern on 28/06/2016

  The chateau is currently closed for renovation work (July 2016) so you only see the building from a distance. To manage expectations, from what I could see, it's not a typical French chateau; it's more of a largish' fortified house. There a some quaint buildings in Salignac close to the chateau.