The Château de Nadaillac-de-Rouge is a

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, rebuilt as a Renaissance '' château'', in the '' commune'' of

Nadaillac-de-Rouge Nadaillac-de-Rouge (; Languedocien: ''Nadalhac'') is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. Population See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of Franc ...

in the

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'' département'' of France. Construction dates from the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries. The site of Nadaillac is first recorded from the 11th century. The castle seems to have been rebuilt after the

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on its original foundations. The '' corps de logis'' was enlarged with the addition of wings during the 17th century. The buildings in the south bear the date 1711. The château was entirely restored between 1968 and 1973. It is a hereditary property of the Marquises de Nadaillac, whose other properties have included Château de Lalande.''Qui êtes-vous?: Annuaire des comtemporains; notices biographiques''(1924), p565
/ref> The Château de Nadaillac-de-Rouge is privately owned. It has been listed since 1999 as a ''

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'' by the French Ministry of Culture.

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* Castles in Lot Châteaux in Lot (department) Monuments historiques of Lot (department) {{France-castle-stub