Montpezat Agenais village castral founded in the 11th century.
Altitude of 191 meters - 25 km from Agen and 20 km from Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
Montpezat of Agen, who, with the nearby town of Saint-Sardos, knew the preludes of the Hundred Years War, is located on a hill overlooking the lush valley of the Lot and the small winding valley Beausse. Montpezat of the barony of very ancient origin had a past history of agitation. Its castle was successively destroyed in 1214 by Simon de Montfort during the Albigensian war, and during the Hundred Years War, the French in 1324 and by the British in 1345. Finally, in 1793, the castle was razed for the fourth time by its new owner, allured by the hope of finding treasure in the ruins. The site says the "castle", the windmill Capet, built in 1870, after many years remained in a state of abandonment and ruin (there were only was) found its wings a beautiful spring morning in 2003. Now this site is offered to you with his point of view, its orientation table, the picnic area, a playground and table tennis.
