The Château de Lastours (
Limousin
Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...
: ''Chasteu de Las Tors'') is a ruined
castle
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in the ''
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** Communes of ...
'' of
Rilhac-Lastours
Rilhac-Lastours (Limousin: ''Rilhac de Las Tors'') is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.
See also
* Gouffier of Lastours
* Château de Lastours
*Communes of the Haute-Vienne departm ...
in the
Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...
''
département
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'' of France.
Construction began in the 12th century. Today in ruins, it was the former seat of the seigneurs and later barons of Lastours. It still has several corner towers and the base of 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 ...
, altered in the 16th century. A voluntary association, over several decades, restored the castle, one of the high points of
Limousin
Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...
history.
It has been listed since 1956 as a ''
monument historique
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'' by the
French Ministry of Culture
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.
See also
*
Gouffier of Lastours Gouffier of Lastours (also Goufier, Golfier, Gulpher) was a knight from Rilhac-Lastours, Lastours in the Limousin (province), Limousin in France, who participated in the First Crusade. He was lord of the Château de Lastours, near Nexon, Haute-Vienn ...
*
List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...
References
External links
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Monuments historiques of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Buildings and structures in Haute-Vienne
Ruined castles in Nouvelle-Aquitaine