Château de Castel Noël

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Castel Noël Castle is a medieval castle located in the municipality of Brommat, in the town of Cussac, in the northern part of Aveyron, in the Occitan region.

Description: Castel Noël Castle occupies the sides of a rocky hill overlooking the Siniq valley. It consists of a circular basalt dungeon built directly on a rocky outcrop, surrounded by a circular enclosure including houses. According to their present state, these houses do not date back beyond the 15th century. On the other hand, a rectangular room at the foot of the dungeon probably comes from an earlier home. The access of the enclosure is defended by a vaulted door whose structure resembles that of the doors of the village enclosures and is dated from the 15th century, but its lower part in medium apparatus seems older (late 13th - early 14th centuries). Today, this access leads to the old kitchens of the house, but until the 1970s the door gave direct access to the interior of the castle courtyard. The circular dungeon, ten meters in diameter, itself comprises two states: the oldest is composed of an irregular medium apparatus, while the upper part is...