Château de Lacoste

In the Périgord Noir, in the south-east of the Dordogne department, the Château de Lacoste is located about two kilometers south-south-east of the village of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle and its castle, on a height on the left bank of the Céou, dominating its valley by more than a hundred meters.

Based on an 18th-century manor, the current Château de Lacoste was built in the 19th century. The complex consists of a dwelling about thirty meters long with a ground floor and an upper floor, whose main facade, adorned with a triangular pediment, is located to the west. To the north-west and south-west, two prominent square pavilions were built. Another dwelling, twice as wide, was added to the north-east, perpendicular to the first. A third building, perpendicular to the previous one, completes the construction to the east, the whole presenting an L-shaped structure. The main building is surrounded by outbuildings to the south-west, a main courtyard preceded by a gate to the west, French gardens to the north-west and a neo-Gothic chapel to the north-east.