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Cabirol Manor is a building located on Rue Jeanne-d'Arc in Saint-Pastour, Lot-et-Garonne. It results from the assembly of two houses in the 16th century by a noble local, integrating remains of a 13th century construction. His name, of unknown origin, could be linked to a nearby noble house in Saint-Pierre-de-Caubel, also named Cabirol. No archive documents its initial construction.

The manor has a mixed architecture: tufa bellows, roofs with tile croupes, and a semicircular brick turret. The façade preserves sill windows, a canned 16th-century door to door, and traces of broken arched bays. At the back, a full-angle arched door, now walled, suggests defensive or residential use. Interior elements (roadways, stone staircase) were dismantled in the 20th century.

Saint-Pastour, a bastide founded between 1250 and 1259 by Alphonse de Poitiers, was a strategic issue during the religious conflicts of the sixteenth century. Catholics and Huguenots fought there, especially in 1569 and 1580, with violent episodes such as the massacre of Protestant defenders by Armand de Gontaud-Biron. The manor house, registered with the Historical Monuments in 1990, bears witness to this tormented history, although its exact role remains unknown.

The building combines a variety of architectural styles: a western part with Renaissance decorations (gable door, pinnacles), and a part is redesigned in the 17th century. Subsequent changes (XVth century) and partial destruction altered its original structure. Today, only facades and roofs are protected, reflecting its evolution from the Middle Ages to the modern era.

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