Queyssac-les-Vignes (; ) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
History In the historical past, the village was under control of the Viscounty of Turenne, with a castle which they owned until the 13th century before it passed to the one of their liege lords, the de Corn family. The castle was rebuilt in 1545 in a renaissance style and survived until 1860 when it was demolished. A tower remains.
Its slopes grew grapes for wine up until the 1880s when phylloxera destroyed its main industry but a few vineyards remain growing grape for Vin paillé (straw wine) now classified as the Corrèze (AOC) wine region.
Population
Local culture and heritage
Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Queyssac-les-Vignes; Manoir du Battutt - a listed monument in 1971, is a privately owned manor house, later converted to a farmhouse, which dates from between the 1500 and 1600s. Has a long main building with two wings that form a inner courtyard with a octagonal stairway tower on one end; Les Goudeaux - panoramic view of Quercy and the Lot; Queyssac-Bas - below the main village, has a cemetery surrounded by a low stone wall, the Chapelle Saint-Blaise dating from 11th century.
See also Communes of the Corrèze department
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