Lempaut
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Lempaut is a commune
in the Tarn department in southern France
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In Lempaut is the extraordinary Château de Padiès
, a castle unique for its architecture, it looks like a Toulouse private mansion shipped to the countryside. It is a witness to the great periods of trade in pastel ( situated in the Lauragais), it has evolved over the centuries to a renaissance
architectural style while still maintaining the aspect of its massive towers of defense. But the great particularity of the place, it's now becoming a place dedicated to promoting the arts in all their forms: painting, sculpture, music, cinema, photography.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Tarn department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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In Lempaut is the extraordinary Château de Padiès
Château de Padiès
The Château de Padiès is located in the outskirts of the village of Lempaut in the department of Tarn in southern France.The Château de Padiès is a unique Renaissance Château complex set in the Lauragais, the land of Pastel — the Pays de Cocaigne — Cathar country and the land of the Troubadours.The...
, a castle unique for its architecture, it looks like a Toulouse private mansion shipped to the countryside. It is a witness to the great periods of trade in pastel ( situated in the Lauragais), it has evolved over the centuries to a renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
architectural style while still maintaining the aspect of its massive towers of defense. But the great particularity of the place, it's now becoming a place dedicated to promoting the arts in all their forms: painting, sculpture, music, cinema, photography.
See also
- Communes of the Tarn department
- Château de PadièsChâteau de PadièsThe Château de Padiès is located in the outskirts of the village of Lempaut in the department of Tarn in southern France.The Château de Padiès is a unique Renaissance Château complex set in the Lauragais, the land of Pastel — the Pays de Cocaigne — Cathar country and the land of the Troubadours.The...
- Visit the Château de Padiès at Lempaut
- CCiiff - Culture&Cultures international intercultural film festival hosted in Lemaput