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Puy-Malsignat Tower is a medieval building located in the village of Puy-Malsignat, Creuse, New Aquitaine region. It is the last vestige of a castle built in the 15th century. Of cylindrical shape, it was originally surmounted by machicolis, of which only a few traces remain today. Inside, no floor remained, but there is still a distinction between the ebrasations of windows and murderers and their stone benches.

The tower was listed as historical monuments by order of 22 September 1937. This classification reflects its heritage importance, although it is only a fragment of the original building. Available sources, such as the Merimée and Monumentum base, confirm its status as an emblematic vestige of the local castral heritage.

Puy-Malsignat, like other villages in Creuse, was a feudal territory in the Middle Ages. The castles, like the one whose tower is the vestige, served as both a seigneurial residence and a defence point. Their presence reflected the social and military organization of the time, where local lords played a central role in the protection and administration of land.

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