Fortresses and Castles

The age of chivalry in the Corrèze

A host of medieval fortresses around the countryside bear witness to the Corrèze’s war-torn history. The centuries-old villages of Ventadour, Turenne,Ségur-le-Château, Comborn and Merle, once impregnable strongholds of local lords, boast vestiges of a glorious, romantic and violent past.