Château d'Alleuze

The Château d'Alleuze is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Alleuze, in the Cantal département of France.

Built in the 13th century by the constables of Auvergne, it belonged to the bishops of Clermont. During the Hundred Years War it was seized for the English by Bernard de Garlan. For seven years, he sowed terror throughout the region, pillaging and holding to ransom. To avoid troubles from any Garlan successors, the inhabitants of Saint-Flour burned down the castle in 1405. Monseigneur De la Tour, owner of the castle, was very upset with this gesture, and obliged the Sanflorains to rebuild it on the original plan. It was taken by Huguenots in 1575. The towers were used as jails by the bishops of Clermont.

The castle is built on a square plan, with round towers in each corner, characteristic of the 14th century. It includes a chapel, Saint-Illide, built in the 13th and 15th centuries.

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Château d'Alleuzeは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界3,289位（全3,734件中）、フランスの276件では261位にランクされています。約1250年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の73%より古い城です（13世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の397件のひとつ）。フランスが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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