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Château de Campagne
The Château de Campagne stands at the foot of a cliff in the Vézère valley, in the Périgord Noir (Dordogne). Recorded from the 12th century, it then belonged to the archbishops of Bordeaux. During the Hundred Years' War it was burned by the English in 1427 and razed on the orders of Charles VII after a siege in 1432.
Rebuilding began in the mid-15th century. The La Borie family built the east and north towers between 1480 and 1485, and works in 1770-1775 joined the buildings together. In the 19th century Raoul de La Borie replaced the formal garden with a Second Empire-style English park.
The last marquis, Gérald de La Borie, bequeathed it to the State in 1970; it has belonged to the département since 2007. Listed in 2001, the château, partly surrounded by moats, was restored from 2008 to 2014. It is part of the Campagne départemental estate, with a romantic park labelled Jardin remarquable and a 337-hectare forest, open to the public.
