Nothing, however, could make it less romantic.
| Les Tours de Merle |
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| On a rocky spur enclosed by a narrow loop of the river
Maronne, deep in the forests of Corrèze, stand the ruins
of a fairytale castle.
Or rather, of seven castles, since from the 12th to the 15th century each
successive heir of the
local Barons built himself a new keep alongside the old.
Inaccessible on its high rock, the fortress defended the
frontier between Limousin and Auvergne until the coming of artillery rendered it
suddenly and totally useless.
Nothing, however, could make it less romantic. |
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