A privileged site :

There is no doubt that this site, on the bank of the river Bruant, protected by two cliffs has been chosen by man since immemorial time.
Under the present château are caves in which prehistoric objects were found proving that they were inhabited in palaeolithic times during the Mousterian, Aurinacian and Magdalenian periods (120.000, 40.000, 10.000 BC). Here and there, in other parts of the forest surrounding this château, one can find traces of the enclosure of a gallo-roman village, Merovingian tombs and, long before the present dwelling, the remains of XIth. Century walls: the place then was called ROMETTE.

The present château :

Around 1475 Jehan II de Latour had two parts of the château main body built with four strong towers and a massive keep. This château was built in the form of a triangle on a rocky outcrop with the marshland as a natural defence. To the North, the Fuye tower acted as defence.
After three centuries of conflict with the English in our region, it was unthinkable to build a château other than a fortified and defensive one.

In 1603, Jacques de Courbon, having married Jeanne de Gombaud in 1595, freed ROMETTE from a 130 year old joint possession. It was then that the terms “La Roche” and “Courbon” gave rise to “LA ROCHE COURBON” which became the name of the place.