Château De Clérans (Cause-de-Clérans)
The Château de Clérans is a castle in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Cause-de-Clérans in the Dordogne ''Departments of France, département'' of France. It was built in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.Ministry of CultureChâteau de Clérans Description The castle is situated in the southeast of the Périgord in a region known as ''Périgord pourpre'', in the south of the Dordogne. It is private property, open to the public on European Heritage Days. The castle was listed in 1948 as a ''monument historique'' for its keep and for other remains in 2007. History An earlier castle on the site was burned by Raymond I of Turenne around 1100. The castle was rebuilt from the 12th century. During the Hundred Years' War, it changed hands several times between the English and the French, notably in 1378 when it was taken by Bertrand Du Guesclin. The castle became French in 1453. Abandoned, it was used as a stone quarry in the 19th century until it was bought in 1936. Archit ...
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Cause-de-Clérans Château (2)
Cause-de-Clérans (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Dordogne (département), Dordogne Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Dordogne department References

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