Château des Milandes

Castelnaud-la-Chapelle

The Milandes was built from 1489 onwards by the Caumont family, lords of Castelnaud, who wanted a lighter and more convenient residence than their fortress: mullioned windows, stained glass, spiral staircases kept from the medieval vocabulary. The chapel dates from 1503 and became a Protestant temple; it houses a Saint Christopher fresco four metres high. Abandoned after the Revolution, burnt in 1900, the château was bought back and restored by a manufacturer of orthopaedic corsets, Charles-Auguste Delbret-Claverie, who added a formal French garden to it in 1908. The château, which today houses a museum devoted to Josephine Baker, was listed in its entirety on 7 December 2009.

Getting there : Open to visitors since 2001, with a permanent exhibition on Josephine Baker and displays of birds of prey from July to mid-October.

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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