Samatan

The fountain
Built in 1843, it served as a trough for horses. It has become the symbol of Samatan.

The Tourism office
Housed in a renovated half-timber house, it is also home to the Museum of foie gras.

Latour Castle
Three kms outside Samatan, the Latour Castle was rebuilt in 1697 from an older site
by a local governor named Pellegrin. Bought by the Belloc family, members of the
Parliament of Toulouse, it was refurbished in the Louis XVI style.
The main courtyard is flanked by two one-floor wings built at a later date than the
main hall to which they are attached. The central building is topped by two towers.
The whole castle is made of brick and covered by tile roofs. Inside, the large wrought
iron staircase is the work of Bertin of Samatan and dates from 1791.

Caumont Castle

Because of its setting and its elegant figure, it has been described as “a castle of the Loire in Toulouse Gascony”. Its massive body of red brick and its high slate roofs sticking out of a thick wood also make it look like a fairytale castle. A 50 ha park surrounds the building.
It was built by renowned Toulouse architect Nicolas Bachelier between 1525 and 1535 for Pierre Nogaret de la Valette, who fought in Italy with King Francis 1, and stayed in his family until 1708. It was also the birthplace of Jean-Louis Nogaret de la Vallete, Duke of Epernon, who became oene of France’s leading political figures in the 17th century. A fa vourite of King Henry III, he was with Henry IV when the soverign was murdered in 1610. He lived until the end of the reign of Loiuis XIII and ruled over a fifth of France as governor of Provence, Normandy, Angoulois, Aunis, Saintonge and Guyenne.