Casteljaloux, cité des Cadets de Gascogne

Casteljaloux’s influence was greatly increased thanks to its link with the Cadets de Gascogne or Younger Sons of Gascony regiment and with the different members of the illustrious Albret family. The town became the capital of a vast Gascon state, stretching from the Pyrenees to Quercy, and enjoyed a much-envied increase in prosperity. Visit the 16th century Maison du Roy, thus named because of the rumoured visits paid by Louis XIII and Louis XIV, which is now home to the Tourist Office. Or wander around the town’s backstreets, taking in the medieval houses, the 15th and 17th century Cordieliers chapel and cloisters, the Notre Dame d’Avance church, the Albret municipal park and château, the b