The Château de Bonaguil is a castle in Saint-Front-sur-Lémance, in the Lot-et-Garonne department of France. A first castle was built after the middle of the 13th century, probably by Arnaud La Tour de Fumel. It has been a listed historic monument since 1862.
Bérenger de Roquefeuil restructured it at the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th, adding late medieval defenses designed for artillery. The fortress covers 7,500 square meters. It has a 350-meter curtain wall, 104 gun embrasures, a rock-cut ditch, a barbican, six towers and a 47-meter well.
It was already out of date when completed, and it was never attacked. The commune of Fumel bought it in 1860, and restoration work continued through 1985.
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