France · 13th century
The Château de Terraube is a 13th-century castle in the commune of Terraube in the Gers département of France.
This Gascon castle was built around 1272 for the de Galard family, Merovingian dukes of Gascony; a date on the doorway confirms this. The de Galards have owned the castle ever since. It was altered and enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries. The residence was enlarged from 1768 by the master masons Guillaume Gras, Jacques Lapeyronie and Dominique Ducasse. Two further residential buildings were added around 1773 by masons Guillaume Aurio and Joseph Labarthe.
Stone decorations include animals, people, gargoyles and coats of arms, including those of the Galards on a chimney.
It has been listed since 1947 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
Text adapted from “Château de Terraube” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Terraube ranks #7,503 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #708 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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