Lesparre-Médoc

Lesparre was the centre of a lordship that stretched across much of the Médoc. Its lords held their castle from the duke of Aquitaine and exercised authority over a wide rural territory. Surviving judgments record their regulation of dues on grain in the fourteenth century. The square keep known as the Tower of Honour remains from the powerful medieval castle, a reminder of the family that once commanded this corner of Gascony.