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The blacksmith of castle Castelnaud in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne, France, 2012.
He entertained his summer audience every half an hour with beautiful stories about the secrets of metal and fire.
See website www.http://castelnaud.com/en/
The unassuming little village climbs steeply from the bridge-head and forms a cluster of small charming eateries shaded by vines and wisteria below the castle gates.
The castle was built in the 12th century and is one of the best preserved in the Dordogne. It is very much set up to be a complete day out for families.
(There's a terrific aerial shot on the Castelnaud-la-Chapelle Wikipedia page that's well worth clicking on.)
escenari d'excepció de la croada albigesa i de la guerra dels cent anys, Castellnaud les ha vist de tots colors, ... aquesta és la visió arribant-hi en gavarra pel riu Dordogne
... per saber-ne alguna coseta més:
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_de_Castelnaud
... i com sempre, en gran sobre fons negre View On Black
These French castles are still dominating the surrounding valleys and see every single move at the Dordogne river. Just a little downstream the Dordogne river there's one of it's greatest rivals, Château de Beynac. Upstream the's Château de Montfort. They, any many more castles like these, all took part in many medieval wars.
These castles must have been very impressive during the ancient middle ages but still are today. The beauty of these French castles, these fortresses and castle grounds of medieval times are huge, most of them restored with taste and respect to it's history. Nowadays our precious monuments of European history. The various views of these castles give a feeling of time travel in modern times, allmost unique proof of human medieval history.
Photo: Castle view like almost 800 years back in history - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #fortress #stronghold - #monument #castle #medieval / #ChateaudeFrance at #Chateau #ChateaudeCastelnaud in #CastelnaudlaChapelle, #Dordogne - #France
Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (Est. 13th century), photo July 2018 after +/-768 years since 1250 in history. The year 2025 marks 775 years ago in time.
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Castelnaud-la-Chapelle: Chateau de Castelnaud - Chateau de France
A 13th century fortress overlooking the Dordogne River in Périgord, erected to face its rival, the Château de Beynac. Today a popular picturesquely restored castle, a monument historique, and includes a museum of medieval warfare with reconstructions of life size siege engines, mangonneaux, and trebuchets.
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© 2016 M.T.Bravo.
Francia. Río Dordoña. Beynac-et-Cazenac y su castillo, desde el Castillo de Castelnaud.
"Deux mains qui se cherchent, c'est assez pour le toit de demain"
André Breton
Vue depuis le chateau de Castelnaud la Chapelle
This forbidding castle dominates the pretty hilltop village of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle and has far ranging views of the Dordogne valley and of the nearby village and chateau of Beynac with its equally spectacular setting.
morning sun teasing castelnaud-la-chapelle castle near vezac (24) in the valley of dordogne river, aquitaine, france
escenari d'excepció de la croada albigesa i de la guerra dels cent anys, Castellnaud les ha vist de tots colors, s'hi respira història allí... aquesta imatge la vaig prendre al capvespre, en una paradeta "tècnica" (ja m'enteneu") camí del sopar...
... per saber-ne alguna coseta més:
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_de_Castelnaud
... i com sempre, en gran sobre fons negre View On Black
From the castle grounds the stunning Dordogne valley panorama. It's overlooking the Dordogne river in the Périgord, with at the left its rival Château de Beynac
Photo: Dordogne valley panorama - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone X) / #river #valley - #panorama / #ChateaudeFrance at #Dordogne Valley #ChateaudeCastelnaud in #CastelnaudlaChapelle , #Dordogne - #France
Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (Est. 13th century), photo July 2018 after +/-768 years in history. The year 2025 marks 775 years ago in time.
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Castelnaud-la-Chapelle: Chateau de Castelnaud - Chateau de France
Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, a 13th century fortress overlooking the Dordogne River in Périgord, erected to face its rival, the Château de Beynac. Today a popular picturesquely restored castle, a monument historique, and includes a museum of medieval warfare with reconstructions of life size siege engines, mangonneaux, and trebuchets.
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In addition to the nice castle you can visit, there is also quite a few bars and restaurants next to it that are also worth a visit! : )
We love this region of France with its fairy-tale castles and meandering rivers. It's like stepping back in time to the medieval ages.
The blacksmith of castle Castelnaud in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne, France, 2012.
He entertained his summer audience every half an hour with beautiful stories about the secrets of metal and fire.
See website www.http://castelnaud.com/en/
Le château de Castelnaud est une forteresse médiévale située sur la commune de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, dans le département français de la Dordogne. En 1980, il a été classé au titre des monument historique et son châtelet d'entrée a été inscrit au titre des monuments historiques
Situé à la confluence de la vallée de la Dordogne et de la vallée du Céou qu’il surplombe, le château de Castelnaud fait face à la forteresse de Beynac, son éternel rival médiéval, aux jardins de Marqueyssac et au village de La Roque-Gageac.
Un premier château est construit au XIIe siècle avant d’être détruit durant la croisade des Albigeois menée par les armées de Simon de Monfort. Un nouveau château est alors rebâti au cours du XIIIe siècle.
Souvent dans le camp anglais pendant la guerre de Cent Ans, il est définitivement pris en 1442 par les armées du roi de France, Charles VII. Suite au conflit, la famille de Caumont récupère le château et en reste propriétaire jusqu’à la Révolution.
Sans cesse adaptés au progrès de l’artillerie, les travaux d’aménagement se poursuivent jusqu’au début du XVIIe siècle.
Après avoir été abandonné à la Révolution, le château sert de carrière de pierres en 1832.
Exceptionnel exemple de fortification privée féodale, son parti architectural est rationnel et efficace : le donjon, à cheval sur l’enceinte au profil en forme d’éperon, protège l’entrée principale ; percée de nombreuses archères, cette courtine fait partie d’un système défensif performant succédant à deux lignes défensives.
Inauguré en 1985, le musée de la guerre au Moyen Âge investit les salles du logis seigneurial. 250 pièces d’armes du XIIIe au XVIIe siècle, en provenance de l’Europe (épées, hallebardes, armures, arbalètes, pièces d'artillerie), reconstitutions d’engins de siège ainsi qu’un ensemble mobilier constituent le fonds de collection du musée. Celui-ci s’articule de façon dynamique, selon une succession d’espaces différents : salle d’artillerie, coursives, salles d’armes, maquettes, salles vidéo, terrasses, magasin d’armes, casemates, atelier du batteur d’armure, cuisine, salle haute du donjon meublé, galerie de hourds…, quinze salles au total.
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Francia. Castillo de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. El castillo original fue construido en el siglo XII y destruido por Simon de Monfort durante la Cruzada Albigense. Tras ser reconstruido en el siglo XIII, fue bastión de los ingleses durante la Guerra de los Cien Años, siendo tomado definitivamente por los franceses en 1442.
Fue siendo adaptado a los avances de la artillería hasta principios del siglo XVII. Tras ser abandonado durante la Revolución, sirvió de cantera de piedra en 1832, extendiéndose su restauración desde 1967 hasta 2012.
Castillo de Beynac: flic.kr/p/N6H8gV
Castelnaud-La-Chapelle est un village situé au bord de la Dordogne.
Castelnaud-La-Chapelle est classé "plus beau village de France".
Bonne journée à tous. merci pour vos visites et commentaires.
Have a nice day. Thanks for your visits and comments.
Looking down on a medieval-inspired garden at the Château de Castelnaud (Dordogne, Aquitaine, in southwestern France), on a mostly sunny morning at the beginning of June.
The castle's full name is Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle; it beetles over the village of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle and the Dordogne River upriver from the Château de Beynac, as well as over its tributary the Céou, in the Périgord noir (Black Périgord) area of the Dordogne département. Earliest surviving documentary references to the current château-fort (which was on the site of a 12th-century fortification) date back to the 13th century, and much of it was constructed during the 13th to 14th centuries. At the time of the "Albigensian Crusade," it was held by the French military leader Simon de Montfort (that is, Simon IV, seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury, who died 1218 and was the father of the Simon V de Montfort who was a leader in English politics under Henry III). During the Hundred Years' War between the royal dynasties of England and France, it served as a fortress of a supporter of the English -- confronting the rival, French-aligned Château de Beynac -- until its capture by the French in 1442.
The current building, which reflects modern restoration (undertaken 1967-2012), has been officially designated as a historic monument.
The garden has been designed based on medieval gardens of the area. The Rosa mundi (Rosa gallica "Versicolor") rose blooming in it is a variety known during the Middle Ages; its name is Latin for "Rose of the world."
(Information from the Architecture database on the website of the French Ministère de la culture and from Wikipedia, both French-language and English-language -- all consulted online 11 June 2015 -- and from the Michelin Guide vert: Périgord, Berry, Limousin, Quercy, 1983 edition.)
[Castelnaud castle medieval garden view 2009 jun 1 c; IMG_0111]
© 2016 Pedro M. Mielgo
Francia. Castillo de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. El castillo original fue construido en el siglo XII y destruido por Simon de Monfort durante la Cruzada Albigense. Tras ser reconstruido en el siglo XIII, fue bastión de los ingleses durante la Guerra de los Cien Años, siendo tomado definitivamente por los franceses en 1442.
Fue siendo adaptado a los avances de la artillería hasta principios del siglo XVII. Tras ser abandonado durante la Revolución, sirvió de cantera de piedra en 1832, extendiéndose su restauración desde 1967 hasta 2012.
© 2016 Pedro M. Mielgo
Francia. Castillo de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. El castillo original fue construido en el siglo XII y destruido por Simon de Monfort durante la Cruzada Albigense. Tras ser reconstruido en el siglo XIII, fue bastión de los ingleses durante la Guerra de los Cien Años, siendo tomado definitivamente por los franceses en 1442.
Fue siendo adaptado a los avances de la artillería hasta principios del siglo XVII. Tras ser abandonado durante la Revolución, sirvió de cantera de piedra en 1832, extendiéndose su restauración desde 1967 hasta 2012.
Castillo de Beynac: flic.kr/p/N6H8gV
Front façade of the Château Les Milandes in the commune of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne, France
Some background information:
The Château Les Milandes is a late medieval castle located in the commune of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle in the French department of Dordogne. It is situated in the midst of terraced gardens on the left bank of the Dordogne river, about 15 km (9.3 miles) to the southwest of the town of Sarlat-la-Canéda.
The castle was built in 1489 by François de Caumont, Count of Castelnaud, at the initiative of his wife Claude de Cardaillac. She convinced her husband to erect a more romantic and less unwelcoming family residence than his two fortresses of Castelnaud and Berbiguières, which he owned too. Right between those fortresses, the new family home was erected. Until 1535, the castle remained the main residence of the family de Caumont.
The Lords of Caumont were strong critics of the Catholic religion, especially François’ son Charles and grandson Geoffrey. Hence, the whole family converted to Protestantism. Geoffrey de Caumant married Marguerite de Lustrac, the Marquise de Fronsac, and both resided in the Château Les Milandes.
Another iconic character who lived in the Château Les Milandes during the 16th century was Jacques Nompar de Caumont, the neephew of Geoffrey. He accompanied his parents to the wedding of Henri de Navarre and Marguerite de Valois, the sister of Charles IX. The following night, 24 August 1572, came the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre; Jacques miraculously escaped the death of his family following their conversion to Protestantism.
He was brought to the Château Les Milandes by his uncle Geoffrey and his aunt Marguerite de Lustrac, but in 1578, the Catholics imprisoned Geoffrey and took over the castle. Thereafter, Henri de Navarre sent one of his servants to protect Jacques Nompar. The latter maintained the chateau until his death in 1652 at the grand age of 93. Subsequently, his descendents also inhabited the castle but left it up to the farmers to work the land and maintain the building.
The French Revolution sounded the death knell for the splendour of the family de Caumont, and the Château Les Lilandes was abandoned. It was sold in the 19th century but sadly not maintained, which resulted in it being abandoned yet again by the new owners who had never shown any interest in the building. In 1850, two families shared the residence and changed the distribution of its rooms. However, in 1900, Charles Augustus Claverie, a French industrialist based in the Sarlat region, bought the chateau, which changed its fate for the better again.
The new owner restored the castle and added an entire east wing to which he attached a tower built on the ruins of the old watchtower. The building gained wew towers, new accommodation, romantic balconies and also an amazing collection of sculptures, notably gargoyles and fantasy figures. Charles Augustus Claverie also built a farm and a winery, which still overlooks the valley to the north. In 1908, he commissioned landscape architect Jules Vacherot, the chief gardener of Paris. The idea was to create a garden in the French style extending from the castle, surrounded by an English-style landscaped park. And the plan was also put into action.
In 1938, the castle was first rented by the famous American-born dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker, before she even purchased the Château Les Milandes in 1947. 1938 was also the year, in which Josephine adopted the French nationality of her husband Jean Lion. However, this marriage didn’t last long. During World War II, Josephine Baker volunteered as a Red Cross nurse at the Gare du Nord in Paris, raised money for de Gaulle's Free France and secretly worked as a courier for the Resistance and the French intelligence service. In 1961 that she was awarded the Legion of Honour by Général Valin at the Château de Milandes.
As from 1955, Josephine adopted children of different nationalities and religions, together with her second husband Jo Bouillon, a well-known orchestra conductor. Finally she had twelve children and called her family "the Rainbow Tribe". After living happily together at the Château de Milandes for several years, it became apparent that Josephine was useless at managing a business. Josephine’s husband left her debt-crippled, but she was still determined to continue her "Global Village".
In 1964, the chateau was put up for auction. It had been rescued from bankruptcy proceedings by the intervention of Brigitte Bardot, who launched an appeal to the people of France. But despite all efforts, the situation even worsened. In 1968 the chateau was again put into administration to be sold to the highest bidder. Josephine was on tour when she learned that the new owner had put the property up for investment. So she decided to lay siege to the Château Les Milandes and barricaded herself in the kitchen. Unfortunately, the new owner’s henchmen had no scruples and booted her out of the property. Weakened and in shock, she was taken to a hospital.
At the age of 62 Josephine settled in Roque Brune on the Côte d’Azur with the help of Princess Grace of Monaco. To pay off her debts, Josephine went back on stage. The Red Cross Ball organized for the Principality of Monaco allowed Josephine Baker to regain her status as a star. The show was put on at the Bobino Theatre in Paris, but the triumph did not last, because Josephine was too exhausted. After a few performances, she was found unresponsive in her apartment in Paris and on 12th April 1975 she died from a cerebral hemorrhage. In 2021, Josephine Baker was posthumously admitted to the Pantheon, the French hall of fame in Paris, where famous French personalities are buried and honoured. And it was president Emmanuel Macron hinself, who held the eulogy.
Today, the Château Les Milandes houses an extensive collection of exhibits from Josephine Baker's life, ranging from furniture, costumes and famous stage performances to records of her military career. It can be visited and is one of the largest tourist attractions in the Périgord region. Unfortunately, visitors are not allowed to take photos inside. In the gardens there is also a compound for birds of prey. Bird of prey demonstrations are held several times a day and their visit is included in the chateau‘s entrance fee.