Castles in the Lot

Renaissance style castle
46230 Cieurac

The castle of Cieurac, Renaissance building of the Lot, dominates the eponymous town of Occitanie. Built on the remains of a 13th century castle, it illustrates the history of the Cardaillac and Godailh families, marked by successive wars and reconstructions.

Medieval and Renaissance Castle
46330 Cénevières

The castle of Cénevières, the Renaissance jewel of the Lot, dominates a cliff in Occitanie. Transformed in the 16th and 17th centuries, it blends medieval remains with refined decorations, a witness to the wars of Religion and Protestant history.

Fortress
46130 Prudhomat

Castelnau-Bretenoux Castle, an imposing medieval fortress from the 11th to the 18th century, dominates Prudhomat in the Lot (Occitanie). Ranked a Historic Monument, it embodies the feudal history of Quercy with its ramparts, dungeons and seigneurial houses, now open to the public by the National Monuments Centre.

Renaissance style castle
46320 Assier

The castle of Assier, built in the 16th century in Assier in the Lot, is a Renaissance jewel of Quercy, combining military architecture and refined decorations. It bears witness to the influence of Galiot de Genouillac, the artillery master of François I.