Château de Puymartin

The castle was built during the 13th century. It was taken by the English in 1357. The consuls of Sarlat bought the domaine back from the English but then abandoned the castle.

Radulphe de Saint-Clar re-purchased it in 1450 and enlarged it.

During the 16th century, Raymond de Saint-Clar defeated the Protestants during the French Wars of Religion. Under the name of Capitaine de Puymartin, he expelled the Huguenots from Sarlat.

During the 18th century, Jean de Saint-Clar contended with his sister Suzanne for possession of the castle. Suzanne won and kept Puymartin. The castle was finally abandoned during the 18th century.

During the 19th century, the marquis of Carbonnier de Marzac restored the castle in a neo-Gothic style.

Château de Puymartin is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Text adapted from “Château de Puymartin” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Château de Puymartin ranks #2,002 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #157 of the 469 mapped in France. Founded 1270, it is older than 68% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 825 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,991 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 21 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Dordogne. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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