Château de Salamon is located on the river Tarn in Aveyron department Occitania (Massif Central, France). Château de Salamon is mentioned as Lo Mas del Mazet oltra Tarn – “the little cottage on the Tarn” in a census around 1350 with reference to a previous census about a hundred years earlier. The oldest part of the present building in Salamon – the lower part of the West Tower – might therefore be 800 years old.
Over the centuries, additions were made to the original building, and serving as dwellings for small-hold farming families into the 20th century. The last family left in 1937, when land and buildings were sold to a neighbouring farmer. The main building is said to have been used by the refugees on their way to Spain during the Second World War, but then left unoccupied and allowed to deteriorate.
How to get to?
From Paris: 6 hr 56 min (693 km) via A71 and A75
From Toulouse: 1 hr 41 min (124 km)via A68
From Andorra: 3 hr 55 min (302 km) via A68
From Barcelona: 4 hr 41 min (446 km) via AP-7 and A9
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