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Château de Rochechouart
Château de Rochechouart is a medieval castle on a hill at the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, France. Built in the thirteenth century and altered in the Renaissance, it served as the seat of the Viscounts of Rochechouart for centuries and today houses a subprefecture and a museum of contemporary art; it is listed as a monument historique.
Its prime
1550
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1550
The shape it held in its prime.
A long rectangular stone corps de logis sits between two massive cylindrical towers with high conical slate roofs and fleur-de-lis finials; the main façade shows a central arched entrance set into the slope, rows of small rectangular windows and a steep slate roof pierced by closely spaced triangular dormer windows. The stone is coarse brown-grey masonry; a corbelled machicolation band runs below the roofline. The castle tops a grassy wooded terrace above a retaining wall.
Its story
The story of Château de Rochechouart.
The Château de Rochechouart stands above the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the Haute-Vienne. Built in the thirteenth century and altered in the Renaissance, it served for centuries as the seat of the Viscounts of Rochechouart — a dynasty whose ancestor, Aymeric I, lived around 990.
The family held on into the modern age: General-Count Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart fought in the Napoleonic Wars, and it was his son, Louis-Jules de Rochechouart, who sold the castle to the general council of the Haute-Vienne in 1936. The Rochechouart dynasty continues in his lineage today, while the castle — a listed monument historique — houses a subprefecture and a museum of contemporary art.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1550.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Château de Rochechouart — including 4 interiors: keep (donjon) interior chamber, hunting room with multicoloured frescoes, hercules room with grisaille murals and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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Clans who held Château de Rochechouart.
The families that held Château de Rochechouart for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Rochechouart
Seat of the Viscounts of Rochechouart for centuries, from the dynasty of Aymeric I (c. 990) until Louis-Jules de Rochechouart sold it in 1936.
