Lot-et-Garonne

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Château de Marcellus

Behind a neoclassical facade from the reign of Louis XVI, Marcellus keeps the sloping walls and arrow slits of the 16th-century fortress that came before it. Overlooking the Garonne valley in southwest France, the château was embellished by the Counts of Marcellus in the early 19th century and…