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Castle of Sauveboeuf

Monument in Aubas

The castle of Sauvebœuf is located in the town of Aubas, in the Dordogne, 25 km north of Sarlat-la-Canéda, near the cave of Lascaux.

The current building was built from 1636. On the same site, had been erected in the fourteenth century a first castle, overlooking the Vézère River and monitoring including a fording. Fief of the family of Ferrieres, it is renovated in a Renaissance style around 1600 but Richelieu orders its destruction in 1633 after the lord of the place has fought a duel.

Louis XIII quickly accepts that a third castle is rebuilt in a style that evokes the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris.

From the mid-eighteenth century, several owners follow one another who make changes (Mirabeau family, Chassagnac, Oberkampf) and in the twentieth century, the estate is converted into a farm from the late 1920s to the 1980s.

The castle was bought in 1987 by the advertising Claude Douce who undertakes an ambitious restoration campaign. Protected as historical monuments, the building is now in the form of a main building with pavilions of angles, a dependency square ending with a third pavilion and an isolated pavilion. A gate and a low wall allow to close the main courtyard.

Passionate about Prehistory, the owner has set up a museum in the castle cellar. A rich archaeological collection of 500 000 pieces can understand the major stages of prehistory and the appearance of man. Close to the cave of Lascaux, in the heart of the Périgord Noir, this museum is a good entry into the...

The visit of the castle itself, free or guided, allows for its part to appreciate decorations beautifully crafted (tapestries), precious furniture and many objects and works of art. We linger happily on the terrace overlooking the river.

Note that from 2020, the castle (which already hosts guest rooms and receptions) will no longer be visitable. Only the museum will remain.

Open from April to mid-October. Price: from 5 and 8.50 euros (for the castle or museum) and 10 and 12 euros (pass).

Information on +33 5 53 51 89 46.

Other monuments nearby

Castle of the Petite FilolieCondat-sur-Vézère (1.2 km)
Church Saint-Cyr et Sainte-JulitteAubas
Castle of La FleunieCondat-sur-Vézère (1.9 km)
Church Notre-Dame et Saint-Jean-BaptisteCondat-sur-Vézère (3.4 km)
Castle of CondatCondat-sur-Vézère (3.4 km)
Church Saint-Pierre-ès-LiensMontignac-Lascaux (4.3 km)
Private Mansion of BouilhacMontignac-Lascaux (4.4 km)
Church Saint-ÉtienneAuriac-du-Périgord (5 km)

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