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The Château d’ Homps is a ruined castle in the commune of Homps in the Gers département of France.The 13th-century fortification on a rocky outcrop was abandoned for a more comfortable house built in the 16th century. It was sold as a national asset at the time of the French Revolution and used as a quarry. Only a tower converted into a pigeon loft has been saved intact.

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