June 26, 2013

Fortress for hoarding truffles


Castle in the Perigord, ground zero for the French truffle industry. Built in the 13th century with additions in the 15th and 16th, all prime periods for French castle architecture. The 125 surrounding hectares include wooded areas, no doubt home to tons of you-know-whats, and meadows for your horses.


Towers, mullioned windows, huge reception rooms with monumental fireplaces, floors in local stone and terra cotta make up about 1500 m² of living space. The dovecote (go figure) and the chapel are listed as Monuments Historiques. The moats appear to need a good scrubbing; the French, who are proud of their lovely rivers, seem to use their ponds and such mainly for leech and scum cultivation. A resident flock of ducks should help clean that up, and provide plenty of magret de canard to cook with, um, truffles.
This is one of those estate sites that use little cartoon castles, one to four, to indicate price. This lovely property is listed at only one castle, so how expensive can it be?

Ref : 135192
http://www.proprietesdefrance.com/annonces/chateau-dordogne-aquitaine-france/135192/

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