The Château de Nadaillac-de-Rouge is a
castle
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, rebuilt as a
Renaissance
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''
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 ...
'', in the ''
commune'' of
Nadaillac-de-Rouge in the
Lot ''
département
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'' 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
Hundred Years' War
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on its original foundations. The ''
corps de logis
In architecture, a ''corps de logis'' () is the principal or main block, or central building of a mansion, country or manor house, castle, or palace. It contains the rooms of principal business, the state apartments and the ceremonial or formal ...
'' 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 ''monument historique
() is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, ...
'' by the French Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture () is the ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of France in charge of List of museums in France, national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and pro ...
.
See also
*List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Regions of France, region and Departments of France, department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are p ...
References
External links
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Castles in Lot
Châteaux in Lot (department)
Monuments historiques of Lot (department)
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