Château de la Treyne, Heritage castle in Lacave, France.

The Château de la Treyne stands on a rocky cliff above the Dordogne in Lacave. Its 14th-century square keep was joined before 1643 by a north wing with a large round tower, and around 1760 the building was enlarged. Pale stone walls, rows of rectangular windows with dark shutters, a steep dark roof and a walled terrace at the base complete the present outline.

Attested in 1342, the castle was probably built by Guillaume and Hughes de Rouffilhac, who paid homage to the Viscount of Turenne in 1356. Burned in 1586 on the orders of the Duke of Mayenne, it was rebuilt before 1643 by Gédéon I de La Ramière, who kept the 14th-century square keep and added a north wing with a large round tower. François-Emmanuel de Cardaillac enlarged it around 1760.

The seigneurie passed from the Rouffilhac family to Annet Hugon du Cluzel in 1462, and his son Jean took the name Jean de la Treyne, which the estate kept. Annet du Cluzel built the church of Meyraguet, where he was buried; Jean de La Ramière was buried there at night in 1616 despite the ban on Protestant burials in Catholic cemeteries.

The castle stands on a cliff above the Dordogne at Lacave in the Lot department; the walled terrace along the base of the main building is the closest outdoor point to the river. The building is a private property run as a hotel and restaurant, so grounds and interiors are not open to casual visitors. Guests arriving by road reach Lacave via the D43 along the Dordogne valley.

The square 14th-century keep survives from the medieval castle; Gédéon I de La Ramière added the north wing with its large round tower before 1643. In 1910 the Parisian industrialist Auguste-Gabriel Savard, inventor of the Bijou Fix, bought the estate and had the interiors restored and a French formal garden laid out by the botanist-landscaper Édouard André.