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Origin and history

The castle of Clermont, located on the commune of Concorès in the Lot, is mentioned from the twelfth century in the acts of the cartular of Obazine, where a family of Clermont owns property in Linars. A first castle, prior to the current building, was cited in 1143 during a pastoral visit. In the 13th century, the fief belonged to the Gavi knights, vassals of the Mechmont War. This original castle, ruined during the Hundred Years' War, was rebuilt in the 16th century by the family Touchebouf-Clermont, which emerged from the marriage in 1449 of Marquèse de Gavis with Jean Touchebouf, the king's attorney.

In 1642 the seigneury of Clermont was established as a county for Antoine de Touchebeuf. After the death of Jacques-Victor de Touchebeuf in 1689, his daughter Anne, married to Armand II de Durfort, inherited the castle despite a family trial. During the Revolution, the castle was sequestered, looted and partially destroyed after the emigration of its lord. His stones are even used as a quarry, and his archives burned by the administrator. In the 20th century, it was bought and restored: Jeanne Palluel had it classified in 1932, then the Lust family continued the work since 2001.

Architecturally, the castle forms a quadrilateral flanked by four round towers, with a main house body and post-revolutionary stables. The 13th century chapel, classified in 1932, and medieval vaulted halls testify to its defensive past. The restorations of the 16th and 19th centuries preserved elements such as the square tower or the gate of the house, while adapting the building to successive uses, from feudal conflicts to its present heritage vocation.

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