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Origin and history

The castle of Lestar, located in Cordes-sur-Ciel in the Tarn, has its origins in ancient foundations, potentially dating back to the fourteenth century. The first certified owners belong to the family of Cazillac, also lords of Milhars. At the end of the seventeenth century, part of the property of this family, including perhaps the castle, passed into the hands of the family of Genevois by inheritance. However, this information remains partial in the absence of specific sources.

In the 18th century, the castle was completely rebuilt by the Alayrac family, under a lease of works deposited in 1777. This reconstruction gives him his current physiognomy, marked by a three-storey main house body surmounted by a Mansart roof. The property then changed hands several times: it belonged successively to the families of Cajarc at the beginning of the 19th century, then of Neighbors in 1863, before being acquired by the MP Clement Taillade, who died there in 1978.

The architecture of the castle is distinguished by an honorary courtyard framed by two buildings, a rear façade decorated with a half-rotonde, and French-style gardens. The facades, animated by bandages and links of angles, reflect the 18th century aesthetic cannons. Despite its turbulent history, the castle retains structural and decorative elements bearing witness to its successive transformations.

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