The Château de Salignac is the former
castle
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of the Salignac-Fénelon family in the ''
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
'' of
Salignac-Eyvigues
Salignac-Eyvigues (; oc, Salanhac e Aivigas) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It includes the 17th century Eyrignac Manor (), which has a remarkable garden, originally established in the ...
in the
Dordogne
Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named ...
''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety- ...
'' of France. It dates from the 12th-16th centuries.
It has been classified since 1969 as a ''
monument historique'' by the
French Ministry of Culture
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.
See also
*
List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or viney ...
References
External links
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Castles in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Monuments historiques of Dordogne
Châteaux in Dordogne
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