Castles

Château du Tournel

ruined feudal castle in Lozère, France

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  • WhereFrance

Photo: Sanguinez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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About Château du Tournel

The Château du Tournel is a ruined feudal castle in the commune of Saint-Julien-du-Tournel in the Lozère département of France. A former seat of the Barons of Tournel, one of the eight baronies of Gévaudan, it was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion by Huguenot troops under Matthieu Merle.

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