.... and situated in an adourable part of France.
Not really a monastry, c.i. - it was a fortified house for a ...
None region of the above noted by c.i. and CL
It was what is commonly known as a residence ..... well, in those days and there.
It's a "bastide" in south Perigord?
Inside, you can find 17th century wallpaper .... and nowadays, workshops of traditional paper making are organised there.
No bastide (I'm not anti-English :wink: )
Paper making? Is it a prison?
No, southern includes south-east as well as south-west - the local paper ther is Le Sud-Ouest !
No prison: residence until the Revolution.
The department has got the number "40"
Well, not really - more southwards.