The Château d'Agonac is a former
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
, converted into a
château, in the ''
commune'' of
Agonac in the
Dordogne ''
département'' of France.
History
The early fort, ''Castrum Agoniacum'', residence of the Bishops of Périgueux, was erected around 980 by Bishop Frotaire de Gourdon
[ to defend Périgueux from the Normans.][Guy Penaud, ''Dictionnaire des châteaux du Périgord'', p. 12, éditions Sud Ouest, 1996, ]
The oldest parts of the present château are the remains of the '' enceinte'' and the keep
A keep (from the Middle English ''kype'') is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in c ...
, which date from the 12th century, and the chapel from the 13th. The other buildings were modified between the 16th and 19th centuries.[
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See also
* List of castles in France
References
External links
*
Castles in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Châteaux in Dordogne
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