Construction period XVIIIe-XIXe siècles (≈ 1865)
Chalosian architectural and ethnological witness.
13 octobre 1992
Registration Historic Monument
Registration Historic Monument 13 octobre 1992 (≈ 1992)
Protection of facades, roofs and interior elements.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Façades and roofs of the house; facades and roofs of the adjoining communes, as well as the kitchen with its fireplace, its kitchen garden, its tiled flooring and the adjoining soil with its sink, the hourr with its fireplace and its contiguous oven, its tiled floor and sink (L 215); facades and roofs of the farmhouse of Laborde du Souilh (L 242); entrance gate with its grid (L 216); Front gangway (L 224); cross-sectional gangway (L 216) (Case L 215, 216, 224, 242): inscription by order of 13 October 1992
Origin and history
The Souilh Castle, located in Duhort-Bachen in the Landes, is an emblematic monument of the 18th and 19th centuries. It illustrates the architecture and way of life of the Chalosse, a natural region of southwestern France, through its buildings and their preserved interior amenities. Its inscription as a Historic Monument in 1992 underscores its heritage value, especially for its facades, roofs, and interior elements such as kitchen, billiards, and the horrendous, typical of the rural habitat gascon.
The castle is a major ethnological witness to the Chalossian culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The protected elements, such as the entrance gate, the driveways, and the farmhouse of Laborde du Souilh, reflect the spatial and social organization of the agricultural estates of the time. The accuracy of its location, although considered mediocre (note of 5/10), nevertheless allows to situate the monument in its historical environment, between Mont-de-Marsan and the rural landscapes of the Landes.
The inscription by decree of 13 October 1992 covers specific parts of the castle, including the communes, the kitchen with its kitchen garden and fireplace, as well as outbuildings such as the farmhouse. These protections aim to preserve not only architecture, but also the physical traces of local domestic and agricultural practices. Château du Souilh thus embodies the transition between traditional lifestyles and 19th century transformations in Aquitaine.
