Château d'Amou, Classical castle in Amou, France.

Château d'Amou is a three-story building with a pale cream facade and a dark gray hipped roof, located just north of the village of Amou. Its central section projects slightly and is topped by a triangular pediment, below which a stone staircase leads to a central double door. Tall rectangular windows with white frames are arranged in regular rows, and round dormer windows sit in the roof. Four small clipped conical shrubs stand on the lawn to either side of the entrance.

A feudal castle on the site was burned in 1411 during the Hundred Years' War and again in 1576 during the Wars of Religion. The present building was erected from 1678 to 1692 to plans by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Léonard de Caupenne, governor of Bayonne and marquis d'Amou. It was listed as a monument historique in 1948, with outbuildings and gate listed in 2000.

The entrance portal was dismantled from the Abbey of Saint-Jean de la Castelle and moved here in 1839. In the vestibule, a Gallo-Roman mosaic of the 4th century from the villa of Gleyzia d'Augreilh was laid in 1902; other fragments were reused in Doctor Sentex's house in Saint-Sever. The outbuildings keep their original farm use, part now serving receptions, and the castle has its own chapel.

Château d'Amou stands just north of the village of Amou in the Landes department. Its outbuildings keep their original agricultural use, while part of them now serves for receptions. The entrance portal was dismantled from the Saint-Jean de la Castelle abbey and moved here in 1839.

The entrance portal was dismantled from the Abbey of Saint-Jean de la Castelle and moved here in 1839. In the vestibule, a Gallo-Roman mosaic from the 4th century, taken from the villa of Gleyzia d'Augreilh, was installed in 1902; other fragments were reused in Doctor Sentex's house in Saint-Sever.