About Cabarrouy and the bearded vulture

Key stone of the Domaine de Cabarrouy's Eastern gate"

Arnaud Caparrouy
established the

Cabarrouy-family

in Lasseube during the 17th century.

His successors built the

during the last decade of the 18th century and started their

there at the beginning of the 19th century

Yet,

is also

the local name

for the

Less than 200 bearded vulture pairs

still exist in Europa today, and almost

where the bearded vulture has been present since time immemorial.

- This has been confirmed by the ca. 450 000 years old bone fragments discovered in Tautavel (Catalan Pyrenees)

His name currently ranks high on the

of endangered species.