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 Temniac Castle à Sarlat-la-Canéda en Dordogne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château

Temniac Castle

    Rue Notre Dame de Temniac 
    24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda
Ownership of an association
Museums of France
All the castles of France
Photo de Temniac Castle
Crédit photo : MOSSOT - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
800
900
…
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
760–890
Property of the Counts of Périgord
1317
Transition to the Bishops of Sarlat
1424
Catering by Bertrand de La Cropte
1480
Renaissance transformation
6 octobre 1562
Fire by Protestants
1662
Reconstruction by François de Salignac
1683
First Sarlat Seminar
1794
Sale as a national good
11 décembre 1969
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Château de Temniac (ruines) (cad. AS 155): classification by decree of 11 December 1969

Key figures

Bertrand de La Cropte - Bishop of Sarlat Restore the castle in 1424
Bertrand de Rouffignac - Owner-builder Gives a Renaissance look (1480)
Pons de Salignac - Owner-builder Participates in Renaissance Transformation
Symphorien de Durfort - Protestant leader Fire the castle in 1562
Jean Tarde - Chanoine and columnist Describes the fire of 1562
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon - Reconstructor (1662) Uncle of the writer Fénelon

Origin and history

The castle of Temniac, located in the Black Perigord near Sarlat-la-Canéda, initially dates back to the Counts of Périgord (VIIIth–IXth centuries). Sold in 890 at Sarlat Abbey, the fortress was enlarged by the religious before going under episcopal control in 1317. Ravaged during the Hundred Years War, it was restored in 1424 by Bishop Bertrand de La Cropte, then transformed into a Renaissance residence from 1480 by Bertrand de Rouffignac and Pons de Salignac.

In 1562, Protestants set fire to the castle during the wars of Religion, as canon Jean Tarde says: "They set fire to the four suburbs and to the castle of Temniac". Reconstructed in 1593, he was again looted in 1652 by the troops of the prince of Condé during the Fronde. François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, uncle of the writer, succeeded him in 1662 by adding a hexagonal tower and a monumental staircase.

The castle houses the first seminary of Sarlat from 1683, before being confiscated as national property in 1794. Sold to an individual, it becomes a farm and gradually falls to ruin. Ranked a historic monument in 1969, it preserves a quadrilateral enclosure with round towers, a castral chapel adjacent to the southern rampart, and the remains of a 15th century central house.

External links

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