The Château de la Fleunie is a

château A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking re ...

located south of the commune of

Condat-sur-Vézère Condat-sur-Vézère (, literally ''Condat on Vézère''; ) is a commune in the Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; ) is a large rural departments of France, department in south west France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Périgu ...

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History

Built in the 12th century on the left bank of the

Vézère The Vézère (; ) is a 211-km-long river in southwestern France. It is an important tributary to the Dordogne (river), Dordogne. Its source is in the northwestern part of the elevated plateau known as the Massif Central. It flows into the Dordog ...

, the Château de la Fleunie faces the

Château de la Petite Filolie The Château de la Petite Filolie is a château in Condat-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It stands on the River Vézère The Vézère (; ) is a 211-km-long river in southwestern France. It is an important tributary to th ...

on the other bank.Guy Penaud, ''Dictionnaire des châteaux du Périgord'', éditions '' Sud Ouest'', 1996, , . The Château was used by the

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s and the

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as a

commandery In the Middle Ages, a commandery (rarely commandry) was the smallest administrative division of the European landed properties of a military order. It was also the name of the house where the knights of the commandery lived.Anthony Luttrell and G ...

house. After a restoration in 1990, it is today a luxury hotel-restaurant, known as ''Château La Fleunie''.

References

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