Brosse

The castle of Brosse stands near Chaillac, apart from the parish village and the great roads. Mentioned in 974, it was the stronghold of the viscounts of Brosse, a family descended from the viscounts of Limoges. In 1322 Jeanne de Brosse, the last heiress, married André de Chauvigny, bringing the lordship into his family. Its lords gradually abandoned the castle in the fifteenth century, leaving its massive walls to decay.