Château de Châlus-Chabrol

Château de Châlus-Chabrol sits on a rocky promontory on the right bank of the Tardoire River in Haute-Vienne, comprising an isolated circular 12th-century keep and residential building constructed between the 11th and 13th centuries, enlarged in the 17th century. Dated to the 11th century and classified as a Historical Monument since 1981, it forms part of a unique defensive chain of fifteen fortified castles protecting the southern approach to Limoges between Périgord and Limousin. The château is historically significant as the site of the arrow that mortally wounded King Richard the Lionheart in 1199, with his entrails interred in the adjacent Church. Visitors today can explore the ramparts, keep, residential building with medieval hall, watchtower, and historic lower rooms.