Sicard de Lordat was a 14th-century architect from the

County of Foix The County of Foix (french: Comté de Foix, ; oc, Comtat de Fois) was an independent medieval fief in southern France, and later a province of France, whose territory corresponded roughly the eastern part of the modern ''département'' of Ariè ...

, now in modern-day France, who worked for Gaston Fébus (

Gaston III of Foix-Béarn Gaston Fébus (also spelt Phoebus) (30 April 1331 – 1391) was the eleventh count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343 until his death. Early life Gaston was born either in Orthez or Foix, the el ...

). He is noted particularly for working with brick, a material that was cheap and allowed speedier construction.Henri Paul Eydoux
"Pierre Tucoo-Chala, Gaston Fébus. Un grand prince d'Occident au XIVe siècle" (review)
''Bulletin Monumental'' 1976, 134-2, page 166

Works

Château de Mauvezin The Château de Mauvezin (also known as Château de Gaston Phoebus) is a restored castle in the ''commune'' of Mauvezin in the Hautes-Pyrénées ''département'' of France. History The site, occupied since protohistory, was transformed into a ' ...

* Château de Montaner *

Château de Morlanne The Château de Morlanne is a restored castle in the ''commune'' of Morlanne in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' of France. This imposing brick fortress, forming a polygonal ''enceinte'', is a powerful 14th century structure with gatewa ...

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 ...

of the

Château de Pau The Château de Pau ( en, Pau Castle, eu, Paueko gaztelua) is a castle in the centre of the city of Pau, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Béarn. It dominates that quarter of the city. Henry IV of France and Navarre was born here on ...

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