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This
imposing fortress in Auvergne was built by Bernard d'Anjony,
a companion warrior with the famous Joan d'Arc who saved
France from English conquest. Anjony Castle
was built at the behest of the French king Charles VII,
despite the will of the local Tournemire lords, who
favored the English king in the Hundred Years War. Thus
the castle was the catalyst for almost two centuries of
constant warfare and revenge between the Counts of Anjony
and Tournemire, concluding in a collective duel in 1623
that rivalled the famous gunfight at OK Corral. Each of
the four turrets has a spiral staircase and a
battlemented parapet. The central rectangular core also
has battlements on all four sides. A mansion was added to
the medieval château in the 18th century.
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