Some History...
The bastide of Beaumont-du-Périgord was founded in 1272. It was not until 1320 that it was equipped with a defensive system. Over the centuries, the Luzier gate was singularly mistreated by the Hundred Years' War, by the Wars of Religion, and also by time.
In the 18th century, the town lost its ramparts. The surrounding wall was sold to the local residents who knocked it down or built their houses against it. All that remains is the Luzier gate, parts of the walls and a tower.
The gate was originally flanked by a square tower as part of the defensive system. The ramparts above it have a walkway in the thickness of the wall.
Today, it has lost its crenellations and machicolations but the slides of the portcullis remain. It has two rows of vertical hinges designed to support the leaves that were to close the gate.
Listed as a "historic monument" since 17 May 1952, the Luzier Gate with its slightly broken arch remains a witness to an era that we admire every day.
