sentences:  Later attempts by an American private investor to purchase the castle and restore it were blocked by the town's councillors and mayor, who would only sell the ruined buildings on a site up to the back terrace of the building and not an inch more, thus limiting virtually all possible uses for a new owner as it would have had no garden.Latterly the town issued a right of use to an association which has the stated aim of preserving, but not rebuilding the ruin.Nevertheless, the external appearance of the ruin has already changed in a short space of time, as window panes have appeared in many rooms and it is beginning to look inhabited.