Valence d'Agen, Midi-Pyrénées 82400

In the White Quercy, a medieval château remodeled for rehabilitation, with its terrace, its gardens, its outbuildings and lands. Framed on one side by two square columns built in white stone, a wide gate with tall grilles marks the entrance to the estate. Bordered by cedars on one side, a carriage path climbs across the châteaus lands. It winds between the first outbuildings: on the left, a barn; on the right, a building that housed several functions related to livestock. Then appears the old fortress, built on rock at the top of the hill, rising three levels and oriented north-south. It is enhanced by a spiral staircase tower and a dovecote. Mainly stone and occasionally brick, its façades, pierced fairly regularly by mostly straight bays and surmounted by a four-sided tile roof, reveal its history, documented from the 11th century onwards. It is surrounded by partly enclosed gardens and, to the south, by a grassy and tree-covered terrace. Finally, behind the second outbuilding, an agricultural shed completes the built ensemble.