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Château de Biron

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Château de Biron Review

Stop in Biron to see its massive hilltop castle, the highlights of which include a keep, square tower, and chapel, dating from the Renaissance, and monumental staircases. In addition to the period apartments and the kitchen, with its huge stone-slab floor, there's a gigantic dungeon, complete with a collection of scarifying torture instruments. The classical buildings were completed in 1760. The Gontaut-Biron family—whose ancestors invented great typefaces centuries ago—has lived here for 14 generations.

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  • Address: Biron, 24540 | Map It
  • Phone: 05-53-05-65-65
  • Cost: €7
  • Hours: Feb. 11.--Apr. 7, Tues.--Sun. 10--5; Apr. 8--July 7 and Sept.--Nov. 7, daily 10--6; July 8 --Aug., daily 10--7; Nov. 8--Dec., Tues.--Sun. 10--5. Closed Jan.--mid-Feb.
  • Location: Biron
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