Château de l'Herm

{{Short description|Castle in Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac, France}}

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Château de l'Herm is a castle in the commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the department of Dordogne in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France.{{Base Mérimée|PA00082786|Château de l'Herm}} Construction took place between 1500 and 1520 in the Forêt Barade under the management of Jean de Calvimont, who served in the Bordeaux parliament and was ambassador of Francis I to Spain. The castle was abandoned after the family left in 1605.[http://www.chateaudelherm.com/histoire/calvimont.html Site du château de l'Herm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214130516/http://www.chateaudelherm.com/histoire/calvimont.html |date=2015-02-14 }}

Currently, the moats are still visible and the castle is open to visitors.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chateaudelherm.com/ |title=Le Site du Château de l'Herm - Dordogne/Périgord - Rouffignac St Cernin de Reilhac |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517030709/http://chateaudelherm.com/ |archive-date=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead }}

Eugène Le Roy used the castle as a setting in his 1899 novel Jacquou le Croquant, which uses many real place names and locations. It tells the story of a Barade forest peasant who rebels against the evil comte de Nansac who lives at the Château de l'Herm.

It has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.