Les chambres Sleeps : 11 adults or kids + 1 child under 2
Loisirs As for all Listed Monuments, the construction of the pool was made according to the strict standards of Historical Monuments: the basin (salt-filtered, equipped with an alarm, 12x7 meters) is surrounded by a large wood-coating and lined with ochre stones. A lovely wrought iron pergola provides a delightful shade. Table tennis is installed under the colonnade of the courtyard, while the first floor TV lounge provides a special kids area. The lounge is fitted with satellite TV and DVD player. ADSL Internet and wireless internet are accessible on the ground floor.
Histoire Buevon de Comarque, one of the first of the Commarque family, illustrated in the days of chivalry (like Ogier le Danois and Bertin du Bois); his bravoury was celebrated by a 13th century French poet Le Roi Adans, minstrel of Henry, Duke of Brabant, who died in 1261.
Before leaving for the Crusade, Geraud de Commarque, knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, gave the castle and inherent properties to the Order. Eleven generations later, at the time of the death of his father John III, in 1587, Gaston de Commarque de Beyssac, inherited all the family properties, and same has his son Jean IV, and his grand-son François I, who was to become Lord of La Bourgonie and Marquis de Commarque. Eight generations later, Count Hubert de Commarque, current owner, continues to manage and maintain this house and the Castle of La Poujade, former property of the allied family de Saint-Ours. During the Second World War, Gerard de Commarque, father of the young Godeffroy and Hubert, respectively 5 years and 9 months old, was killed at Buchenwald for acts of Resistance. The Louvre Museum, the Museum of Nancy, the Ingres Museum in Montauban and the Museum of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg had then chosen La Bourgonie and La Poujade to protect a few major French paintings.
In 1972, Hubert de Commarque bought the ruins of the medieval fortress of Commarque, historical cradle to his family: after archaeological search and intensive restoration (both still underway today) he opened it to the grand public in 2001.
