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Origin and history

The castle of Trevien is a fortified building erected between the 15th and 16th centuries by the Castelpers family, of which a member married Yolande de Monestiés, heiress of the vassal baronnia of the bishops of Albi. In 1440, Gabriel de Monestiés was already lord. The building, organized in quadrilateral style with corner towers, preserves Gothic windows on its eastern façade and a spiral staircase housed in a prominent circular tower.

In the 18th century, then owned by the Chastenet de Puységur family, the castle underwent interior redevelopments ( Louis XV and XVI roads, painted ceilings, marble fountain) without altering its external appearance. The arched stone cellars and the reworked drills testify to its architectural evolution. Ranked a historic monument in 1980 for its facades, staircase and painted ceiling, it illustrates the transition between the Middle Ages and the modern era.

Built in stone and covered with a slate, the castle combines defensive functions (angle towers, massive structure) and residential (refined interior spaces). Its sculpted coat of arms on the entrance door and its monumental chimneys, like that of the vaulted kitchen in basket handle, underline its status as a seigneurial residence. The successive modifications of the openings reflect the adaptations to the needs and tastes of the eras traversed.

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