Castle lanka

Chateau Lanke is located within the boundaries of the historical region of Purple Perigord and is sometimes called the “Perigord incomplete Louvre” ^[2] .

The construction of the castle was carried out in stages in unlike each other historical periods. For this reason, the main building of the 15th century, which has all the means of defense inherent in the fortified castle , and the Italian palace in the Renaissance style are located nearby.

Being in the courtyard, you can notice big differences between the two parts of the castle:

• to the right is a medieval castle built in the XIV-XV centuries, right up to the staircase tower,
• to the left is the Renaissance castle, the construction of which began during the reign of Charles IX and ended in 1604. The construction resembles the wing of the Louvre , built by Pierre Lescaut .

• From X to XII century in these places was the residence of Bishop Perigueux . There was a single dungeon at the castle site.
• In the XI century, the fortification was protected by a wooden fence installed along the moats.
• In the XII century, stone curtains were erected, from which insignificant traces have remained in our time.
• In the 13th century, the castle belonged to the Mons family. During this period, the lord's dwelling was built with one rectangular tower.
• In 1276, the fact of the existence of the village of Linquaychs, which was dependent on the Beaumont Migration, was established.
• In 1320, there was a fortress built by the Mons family. From Beaumont was separated the matrimony, which had four parishes.
• In the XV century a large round tower with mashikulyami was built .
• Around 1460, Jean de La Cropt (d. Circa 1470) moved from the British to the side of the king of France, and received the title of Governor of Beaumont. In 1457, he received exemption from royal taxes for his lands. La Cropt ordered the construction of a new octagonal tower on the foundation of the old burnt English dungeon. The layout of the chateau was similar to the plans of several castles in the region, in particular the chateau l'Erm and chateau Miland .
• On November 21, 1531 Margarita de La Cropt, the last heiress in the La Cropt family, married Gilles de Latour. The Laturo family belonged to the famous Latour d'Auvergne family, which is associated with the Medici clan and the French monarchy thanks to the marriage in 1513 of Madeleine de la Tour d'Overgne with Lorenzo II Medici , in whom Catherine de Medici was born, married in 1533 King of France Henry II .
• Between 1561 and 1574, Galliot de La Tour ( Fr. Galliot de la Tour ) (son of Gilles), the lord Limieu and cavalier of the Order of St. Michael , began construction of a Renaissance castle, in which the architect Pierre Suffron (one of two brothers, natives of Perigord ). He intended to attract the architects of the royal residences to erect on the lands embraced by the ideas of the Reformation , a magnificent castle that demonstrated the strength of the king and the Catholic faith. The elongated window openings of the Renaissance building were repeated by the drawings of the architect Andruet du Cerso , made in 1561. Gallo de Latour's sister, Isabo de Limay , was part of the “flying squadron of love” by Catherine de Medici. Spying on behalf of the Queen, she was in connection with the Protestant Prince Conde . From this connection, in 1564, the boy Nicolas was born, and childbirth happened in front of the royal court at a ball in Bar-le-Duc . Izabo went to the monastery and then retired to the castle of Lanka; while Catherine de Medici contributed to her marriage in 1567 with the financier Scipio Sardini . She died in 1609 in the castle of Chaumont-sur-Loire, unsuccessfully trying to challenge the inheritance of the castle of Lanka Henri de la Tour d'Overnem.
• March 24, 1577, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1555-1623), brought by cousin Gallo de Latour , but a former Protestant and adherent of King of Navarre - the future King of France Henry IV - besieged the castle of Lanka . Of the five guns, he released 200 cores on the castle. Construction work was stopped by this attack.
• In 1588, the castle was inherited by Henri de La Tour d'Overneu, who was the only heir to Gallo de Latour .
• In 1591, Henry became the Duke of Bouillon and Prince of Sedan after his marriage to Charlotte de La Marc. The following year, in gratitude for the service, Henry IV awarded Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne the title of Admiral of France , and in 1594 - Marshal of France .
• In 1600, Henri de La Tour d'Overgne and his second wife, Elizabeth of Orange , entrusted the Italian masters with the construction of chimneys in the castle. Elizabeth of Orange stopped twice at the castle.
• In 1602, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne participated in the plot of Charles de Gonto , Duke of Biron, along with the Duke of Savoy and the Spanish Governor of Milan. After the plot was discovered, Henry was pardoned by the king, and the Duke of Biron was executed.
• In 1604, the castle finished decorating the premises inside the Renaissance building.
• After 1623, the castle passed to the son of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, born in his second marriage, Frederic-Maurice (1605-1652).
• In 1643, Cardinal Theodos de Latour (1643–1715), the Great Alms Distributor and Dean of the College of Cardinals, was born in the castle. The provincial castle was less and less interested in its owners, gradually fell into disrepair and was sold to the Duke of Anthony .
• In 1732, Marie de Mons, the widow of Michel de Gurg, bought the castle of Lanka from the Duke of Antenna.
• An inventory taken during the French Revolution showed that almost no furniture was left in the castle.
• In 1949, after the death of Abbot de Gurg , the castle passed to his sister, Madame Foucher de Brandois ( Fr. Foucher de Brandois ).

• Jean Secret and Jacques Gardelles. Le guide des châteaux de France. Dordogne - Paris: Hermé, 1981. - ISBN 2-86665-006-9 .

• Jean-Pierre Babelon. Châteaux de France au temps de la Renaissance. - Paris: Flammarion / Picard, 1989 .-- P. 492-495. - ISBN 2-7084-0387-7 .

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