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27- Le château de Bonaguil

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Distance
5.19 mi
Elevation gain
561 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
561 ft
Max elevation
787 ft
TrailRank 
38 4.7
Min elevation
787 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
2 hours
Time
2 hours 10 minutes
Coordinates
1419
Uploaded
May 23, 2021
Recorded
May 2021
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near Peyroulet, Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France)

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Itinerary description

Le Lot-et-Garonne à pied n°16 - FFRP éd. Mai 2012

Note géographique et géologique
Le Haut-Agenais Périgord est une zone riche en fer et les anciennes carrières d'extraction du minerai de fer y sont nombreuses.

Note historique
Le baron Béranger de Roquefeuil, entre 1480 et 1520, transforma le château de Bonaguil, du XIIIème siècle, en une forteresse défensive. Sa construction s'achève alors que celle de Chambord commence; c'est le basculement du Moyen-Age à la Renaissance.

A visiter: Château de Bonaguil

Note écologique(observations)
Flore: iris des marais, charme commun, lierre commun, châtaignier, fougère aigle, fragon faux-houx, ronce commune, pin maritime, genêt à balai, ajonc d' Europe, chêne tauzin, scolopendre, rosier des chiens, orchis pyramidal

Faune : gazé, mouton, cheval, âne, mésange charbonnière, buse variable, vache, geai des chênes, corneille noire

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Geographical notes
The Haut-Agenais Périgord is an area rich in iron and there are many ancient quarries for iron ore extraction.

Historical notes
Between 1480 and 1520, Baron Béranger de Roquefeuil transformed the 13th century Château de Bonaguil into a defensive fortress. It equips the fortified castle with an enormous barbican, 6 towers, one of which is among the most beautiful in the country, seven drawbridges, a chicane, a casemate, gunboats and a pierced sparrow tower. loopholes for an even more incisive defense of the ditches.

To visit: Bonaguil castle

Environmental note (observations)
Flora: yellow flag, common hornbeam, ivy, chestnut, common bracken, Butcher's broom, bramble, maritime pine, common broom, common gorse, Pyrenean Oak, Hart's-tongue, dog rose, Pyramidal Orchid

Fauna: Black-veined White, sheep, horse, donkey, great tit, common buzzard, cow, Eurasian Jay, carrion crow

Waypoints

PictographCastle Altitude 458 ft
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Bonaguil

PictographIntersection Altitude 695 ft
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Carrefour

PictographCastle Altitude 610 ft
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Bonaguil

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  • Marcel van Haasen Sep 8, 2021

    I have followed this trail  verified  View more

    Mooie route.

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