Château de Caussade

Trélissac

Caussade was the castle that defended Périgueux on the eastern side, in the commune of Trélissac. The town hall traces the fief back to the beginning of the 12th century, under Guillaume de Calzado; the surviving fabric is of the 15th. It is a small polygonal fortress girdled with dry ditches, flanked by four square towers at the angles, with machicolations, arrow-slits, a guardroom on the first floor and the traces of the drawbridge mechanism; its defensive plan has remained almost intact. The Vigier held it from the 12th to the 14th century, then the Cugnac by marriage, then the Marthonie after 1647 — among them Jean-Louis de la Marthonie, bishop of Meaux. A siege failed before it in 1386; it was disputed again during the Wars of Religion. It has been classified as a monument historique since 17 August 1945.

Getting there : A private residence. The visiting conditions are documented neither by the town hall of Trélissac nor by the departmental tourist office: to be checked before making the journey.

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

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