Study premises, Saint-Martin-Laguépie, its Castle

The castle, witness to historical facts
The Albigensian Crusade
La Guepie, Free Town in the 14th century
The village converted to Protestantism by its lord Jean de Melroux, a temple was built in 1561, and the church of Saint Amans destroyed. In 1579 an agreement was made between the inhabitants of the “city”, believers of both religions, which guaranteed the reciprocal safeguard of people and goods. But in retaliation for abuses in the surroundings attributed to Protestants, the village was attacked on August 1, 1592 by the Catholic league of the Duke of Joyeuse: He laid siege to the castle, which was again razed with the village and its lord killed . In 1598, the Edict of Nantes finally brought peace, and the lords remained Protestants. The brother of the assassinated baron once again raises the ruins of the castle and gives it a more residential appearance at the end of the 16th century.
The revolution marks the end of the castle
Me REGA's predecessors
- VILLARIS B. 1590-1591
- VILLARIS Jean 1652
- VILLARIS Pierre 1660-1667
- DELIPUY 1660-1661
- GARRIGUES 1680-1681
- VILLARIS Jean Pierre 1680-1696
- MOLINIER Henry 1733-1776
- VILLARIS Joseph 1762-1775
- LOUBERS Jean Philippe Nicolas 1770-1807
- GRANIER Jean 1790-1853
- MOLINIER Charles François Henry 1796-1818
- GRANIER Jean Jacques Paul Félix 1853-1900
- VERGNHES Louis Félix Germain 1900-1947
- VERGNHES Pierre 1947-1967
- BOURNAZEAU Henri Pierre 1967-1999
- MAZET Sylvain 2000- 2002
- REGA Jean-Christophe depuis 2002