A Historic Monument in Arpajon-sur-Cère in Cantal, Conros Castle is an elegant medieval residence that was remodelled in Renaissance times, and is perched on a rocky spur overlooking a meander of the Cère. Inhabited since 1130, it includes an imposing keep, two round towers (one with machicolations) and a main building.
Featuring a permanent exhibition about perfume, Conros Castle is also home to the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in the Cère Valley. Based in the old kitchens, it tells the story of the rural world in the 19th century.
Beneath its impressive flagstone roof, one of the biggest in Cantal, it also has a lovely vaulted arms room, immense fireplaces, a Renaissance staircase, and a chapel containing a Merovingian sarcophagus in white marble, discovered in Arpajon-sur-Cère in 1988.
An ideal place for a stroll, the romantic park surrounding the castle is adorned with sweet-smelling plants and features some remarkable trees: Virginian tulip tree, cedars and even a beech tree over a hundred years old!
