Castle of Fumel

Geography

The Château of Fumel is located in France, on the commune of Fumel in Lot-et-Garonne, in area Aquitaine.

History

The castle

the Castle was the seat of the Baronnie of Fumel mentioned in the texts since the XIe century and whose city was, in 1265, equipped with a Charter with Franknesses and Coutumes.

The Medieval castle , very damaged during the " War One hundred Year old " , in particular by the raids of the Mercenary Rodrigue de Villandrando, was altered in second half of the XVe century. During the wars of religion, it was the theater of cruel confrontations (1561) consigned, in the Commentaires of Blaise de Monluc. After these events, other work transforms the castle: the defense system is improved, and its new fortification marks even more its authority on the private city of its Rempart S and its democratic institutions.

The importance masonry of the XVIe century was radically modified, put at the last style, in second half of the XVIIIe century: Joseph de Fumel, Lord of the place, made undertake important work with the castle of Fumel: installation of the gardens and terraces which overhang the Lot, the plan of the transformed castle has from now on the shape of U. the silhouette of the castle will be definitively modified when in 1793, one ordered to level down the five towers at the level of the body of the home. Thus the castle has resembled it, for this time, with a large villa Italian.

The family of Fumel had the castle of XIe at the beginning of the XIXe century when it passed, by marriage, with the family of Langsdorff. In 1950, this family sold the castle with the commune of Fumel.

The castle of Fumel is registered since 1951 with the additional inventory of the Historic buildings as well as the floor and the terraces.

Gardens

the green areas constitute the accesses of the old castle created during the modifications of XVIIIe and made up in the years 1968 - 1969, are composed in three zones established on the old terraces of the castle and have each one their character.

The garden " with the française" higher terrace: treaty classically, it is composed of girdled solid masses of a edge of Buis, of a central water part of cut yews, flowered lawns and boards…

Date palm S of the Canaries and Citronnier S are installed along the stone balustrades. The Cedar S, Chestnut tree S and Palmier S which decorates this garden were planted well before the realization of the current Jardin. The walk of the second terrace

Located at the East of the castle, it overhangs the theater of Nature and is shaded by cedars of Lebanon, chestnut trees and Platane S of big size.

The theater of nature

Located in the small valley, with the foot of the terraces Is castle, the Theater of Nature was carried out at the beginning of the XXe century. The access to this theater since the castle is partially bordered by cut boxwood or healthy and shaded one by a double line of Tilleul S cut in plate.

The Theater is staged on the declivity of the small valley, of the varied gasoline trees mark out its circumference.

Many parts of Théâtre were played there within the framework of the Festival of Bonaguil, with, inter alia, Francis Huster, Michel Galabru, or Francis Weber.

External bonds

Tourist office of Fumel

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