Dungeons, towers, citadels and bastions in Auvergne

Tower
15130 Saint-Simon

The tower of Saint-Simon, an ancient medieval Romanesque tower of the twelfth century, is joined to the church of Saint-Sigismon in the village of Saint-Simon, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Built of stone, it served as a shelter and grain silo.

Donjons
15230 Brezons

The dungeon of the Boyle, remains of a 15th century seigneurial castle, stands in Brezons (Cantal), in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This rectangular dungeon, with a stair turret, illustrates late medieval military architecture.

Donjons
15310 Saint-Cernin

The donjon de Marze, a 13th century medieval tower, dominates Saint-Cernin in the Cantal. This fortified vestige, inscribed with historical monuments, illustrates the defensive architecture auvergnate with its five levels and latrines in corbellation.

15240 Auzers

The ruins of the tower of Marlat, a medieval 11th century building, stand in Auzers in the Cantal. This rectangular tower, an element of a defensive system, was redesigned in the 13th-XIVth centuries and classified as a historical monument in 1963.

15500 Molèdes

The Colombine Tower is a 12th century square seigneurial tower located in Molèdes, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Well preserved, it bears witness to medieval Auvergne architecture.

15240 Sauvat

The tower of Chavaniac, built in the 15th century in Sauvat (Cantal), is a defensive stone tower, the only medieval vestige of a castle rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries, classified as a historical monument.

Donjons
43500 Craponne-sur-Arzon

The Donjon de Craponne-sur-Arzon, a 12th and 13th century military building, is a fortified square tower located in the Haute-Loire, now integrated into the town's pedestrian urban fabric.

Tower
43170 Saugues

The tower of the English is a 13th century medieval dungeon located in Saugues, in the Haute-Loire, vestige of the old fortifications of the city and sheltering the communal clock.