Château d'Anjony

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Le château en bref

The Château d'Anjony, at Tournemire in the Cantal, was built in the 15th century by Louis II d'Anjony, a companion of Jean de Dunois and Joan of Arc, adjoining the towers of Tournemire, which the Anjony and Tournemire families had held jointly since 1351. This enforced cohabitation gave rise to three centuries of bloody rivalry between the two families, until the departure of the Tournemires around 1650. Built of reddish basalt on a strategic promontory, the keep with its four corner towers rises to 40 metres; each floor contains only a single room, including the great hall with a coffered ceiling resting on three rows of beams. The chapel is decorated with frescoes depicting the life of Christ and houses a wooden Black Madonna; the Knights' Hall retains frescoes portraying Michel d'Anjony and his wife Germaine de Foix, as well as Aubusson and Flemish tapestries, a Florentine table inlaid with ivory and Renaissance works. An 18th-century wing was added in a more contemporary style. Listed as a historic monument in 1942, the château is considered one of the most remarkable in Haute-Auvergne.