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Château du Sailhant is a 1,000 year old château-fort in Auvergne region, central France 🇫🇷 It stands on a triangular basaltic spur. The walls of the castle just like its 7 towers are made of ancient gray lava blocks while the roofs are covered with stone slabs. The first fortification at the site was a wooden tower protected by a wall and a dry moat – actually this is now the only side one can access the chateau. In the early 11th c. the Lords of Sailhant replaced the wooden tower with a square stone keep. The Saillans family kept expanding the fortress – by the 13th Century AD, the spur was closed off by a curtain wall with ramparts and 2 towers and a deep, dry moat. By 18th Century AD, the chateau was in a dilapidated state, some structures were demolished. In 1997 the ruined castle was bought by architect Joseph Pell Lombardi from New York, who made it his residence following 25 years of restoration efforts. 📷© chateauxethistoire #drthehistories