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Origin and history

The Château d'en Belaval, located in Lacougotte-Cadoul in the Tarn (Occitanie), is a building whose exact origin remains unknown. No date of construction is attested, but its architecture reveals major transformations in the 17th and 18th centuries. The main building, oriented north-south, preserves the traces of an ancient central dungeon, while its facades and stone windows testify to the changes of modern times.

From the end of the 17th century, the family of Armengaud was associated with the estate, as evidenced by the notarial acts of 1696 and a count of 1727 where it was cited as Lord of Belaval. These documents suggest a continuous aristocratic occupation, although the details of their involvement in the transformations of the castle remain unclear.

The architecture of the castle is characterized by a set of houses and outbuildings organized into a complex plan. The main building, flanked by two towers (one circular to the north, the other square to the south), is completed by an L wing and a long building closing the park to the south. The roofs, decorated with genoese, and the stone windows illustrate the styles of the 17th and 18th centuries, periods of modernization of the estate.

The estate is part of a rural landscape, isolated in the middle of fields, reflecting its historic role as a seigneurial residence. Although its history is poorly documented, its architectural evolution and its connection to the family of Armengaud bear witness to the social and economic dynamics of Occitanie in modern times.

Available sources, mainly from Wikipedia and internal data, point to the lack of details of its initial construction, but confirm its local importance as part of the Tarn's castral heritage. There is no information to date its foundation or identify its first owners.

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