| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 300, 2024
9th Complexity-Disorder Days 2023
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| Article Number | 01003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430001003 | |
| Published online | 08 August 2024 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430001003
Saint-Marcet – a forgotten castle
Elected from Gascony, city of L’Isle-en-Dodon 31230 France
Published online: 8 August 2024
The castle of St Marcet was in the 13th and 14th centuries the largest stronghold in the county of Comminges, from Spain to Muret. Its powerful neighbours, Toulouse, English Bigorre, Armagnac and Astarac, Foix and Aragon, aimed to claim this land for themselves. A delicate partition of the castle between the counts and the bishops of Comminges weakened the building. This succinct evocation makes one aware of the complexity of the historical context and the disorder that results from it: the diversity, the opportunity of matrimonial and political alliances, the wars between neighbours. The richness of its history, illustrated by the 20 years of captivity of the famous and powerful Countess Marguerite de Comminges, gave this place all its interest and even saved it. The owner, Jean-Marc Fontan, has been working for nearly 20 years to rehabilitate this vast estate on a site that is difficult to access and complicated.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2024
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