Château de Saignes, Medieval castle in Saignes, France.

Château de Saignes is a castle in the Lot region, defined by seven round towers and a small chapel with a bell-shaped roof. The structure shows typical medieval fortress features, with rooms now open to visitors.

The castrum of Saignes, with its chapel outside the walls, passed to the Lagarde family in the 14th century; Bertrand de Lagarde acquired it in 1379. The present castle was built by Pierre IV de Lagarde, born at the end of the 15th century and died in 1566, an extraordinary ambassador of Francis I. Abandoned in the early 19th century and used as a stone quarry, it has been under restoration since 2013 and was listed as a monument historique on 21 January 2002.

The name La Garde de Saignes comes from the Lagarde family, settled at Saignes around 1379 after Bertrand de Lagarde acquired the castrum. The castle is private property, opened to visits only since July 2022, and a teaching trail on the fauna of the Lot starts from the grounds.

The castle is private property and has been open to visitors only since July 2022. Access is via the D 39 road linking Bio and Aynac, at the junction near the hamlet of Labadrie. The site stands at 401 m on a hill south of the village, 50 m above the Saignes stream valley. A teaching trail there covers the fauna of the Lot.

The castle's donjon lost its machicolations and hoardings, rebuilt in 2019 with a roof of lauzes stone slabs. The square tower keeps its spiral staircase, and the chapel has a bell-gable. The Lagarde family held Saignes until Henri de La Garde died there in 1923.