Overlooking the Beune Valley, Combrand Castle was built at the end of the 12th century to protect the Benedictine Abbey of Sarlat. Initially, it was a simple wooden tower perched on the rock.
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00:00Well hidden in the forest and about half an hour away from our campground towards Sarlat,
00:19lies the ruin of the Chateau de Camargue in the valley of the Bune.
00:39The wind of history still blows here very noticeably.
00:44During the 14th century, when the Bainoc family gains dominion over this place, the wooden
00:49building is replaced by a stone one, extended several times and inhabited.
01:04The English conquered the castle during the Hundred Years' War and the turmoil of the
01:07Wars of Religion.
01:32After the death of the last owner of the estate, Guy de Bainoc, in 1656, the place
01:37is abandoned, and during the 18th century it is completely deserted and left to decay.
01:42In 1972 the chateau is bought by Hubert de Camargue and the rescue of the site begins.
01:47It was completely overgrown by nature and was in a pitiful state.
01:51During the consolidation and restoration works, which were supervised by the Monument
01:55Protection Authority, the chateau was gradually restored.
01:59At the same time, an archaeological excavation program is expanding knowledge about life
02:03in the Castrum and its organization in the Middle Ages.
02:29At the foot of the rock there is a treasure of parietal art, the engravings of the Cave
02:33of Comarques.
02:34They were discovered on August 9, 1915 by Abbé Brouy, Pierre Paris and his sons who
02:39were exploring the caves of the region.
02:41In the middle of nature can be seen and well understand how hard life was in medieval France.