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The Castle of Huriel
Auvergne
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The Huriel Castel
The Huriel Castel
Vestige of the old strong castle of the lords of Huriel, surrounded of ditches until the middle of last century, it was flanked in XVe and XVIe cylindrical centuries of four turns of which two still remain. Construction was undertaken at the end of XIe century and was carried out very whole with the hard granite of the area to be finished at the end of XIIe. The keep has a total height of 33 meters and is presented on a rectangular level of 12 meters out of 10 meters what is rather
rare in France bus limited to the West and the Loire Valley
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Periods and hours of admission :
Opened all the year, to address itself
to the town hall. Guided tours
on request
Tariff:
Free
Information about the castle :
Donjon
d'Huriel
03380 Huriel
Tél. 04 70 28 60 08
E-mail: mairie.huriel@wanadoo.fr
06/10/2006
GPS - waypoint:
N
46 22 22.9 E 2 28 42.5
lat="46.373025" lon="2.478469"