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The Abbatial Castle of Naussac, located in the department of Lozère in the Occitan region, is a building whose remains date back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is linked to the history of the Cistercian Abbey of the Chambons, to which the village of Naussac was given in 1180. This monument, which is now partially integrated into a farm, bears witness to the religious and defensive architecture of the modern era, with a three-storey circular staircase tower, arches and traces of steeple.

The stair tower, the most remarkable element of the castle, has marked Renaissance features: a stone-mounted staircase, ground bays and a sculpted decor (streezes, tore larmier). The ground floor preserves a door framed with chamfered pedestals, surmounted by a monolithic lintel and a gable in third-point. These architectural details reflect both a residential function for abbots and a defensive heritage, typical of the abbatial constructions of the period.

Mentioned in the texts in 1661 as dependent on the Chambons abbey lot, the castle was inscribed in the historical monuments in 1979 for its staircase turret. Today it is privately owned and illustrates the Cistercian heritage in Gevaudan and the transformations of religious buildings in modern times, between spiritual, residential and defensive use. The current, though partial, remains offer an overview of the spatial organization and construction techniques of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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