00:00We drive on the country road to Sarla and see a castle or something hidden behind trees
00:18peeking out every now and then.
00:20Then there is the signpost that leads us to the castle of Pomartin, the castle of the
00:24White Lady.
00:37The construction of the castle sets off during the 13th century.
00:40In 1357 the castle becomes English property.
00:44The consuls of Sarlat buy the estate back from the English and abandon it later.
00:48Radolfi de Saint-Claire rebuilds the castle in 1450.
00:52In the 16th century, Raymond de Saint-Claire buys the castle and pushes back the Protestants.
00:58It is also him who gives Sarlat to the Huguenots under his warrior's name of Pomartin.
01:02During the 17th century, Jan de Saint-Claire and his sister Suzanne fight for 40 years
01:07over the ownership of the castle.
01:09Suzanne wins the dispute and eventually becomes the owner.
01:12The castle once again is abandoned in the 18th century.
01:27In the 19th century, the Marquis Marc de Campbell de Marzac, grandfather of the current owner,
01:32restores the castle in Gothic style, financed by the dowry of his wife.
01:56After the death of the owner in July 2002, the wife and children of Count Henri de Montferrand
02:01inherit the chateau in 2003, allowing the public to take a look at the family history.
02:12This includes the legends set in the 16th century when the lady of the house, Therese
02:16de Saint-Claire, is caught together with her lover by her husband, who unexpectedly returns
02:20early from the war.
02:22As her punishment, she is imprisoned in a small room of the north tower for 15 years
02:26and she was walled up there when she died during that time.
02:30Her ghost now can be seen at night wandering the castle's circular path as a white lady
02:33before returning to her room.
02:36Stupidly, we cannot wait long enough and have to believe what we were told, without being
02:40able to verify it.
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