THE CASTLE OF THE CLOD

Built at the foot of Mount Serre-en-Gift around 1400, the imposing Place "Château de la Motte" (or Mothe) has a history dating back to 1635 in the days of Jean de la Motte which acquired it. The family histories of inheritance until now become the property of the Saléon-Terras family. He experienced the wreckage of the Second World War during the violent fighting against German resistance to French resistance. Much of the building has been burned. His restoration is a real success. Its majestic silhouette dominates the Dorne Valley and marks the landscape of its magnificent footprint. With its three towers, it is organized around an inner courtyard of a spiral staircase of the Renaissance era. The grooves of the chains used to close the lift bridge can still be seen. It is a prototype of the military architecture of the xve and sixteenth centuries. Private property, he doesn't visit.