Château de la Boyle

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Le château en bref

The keep of La Boyle, in Brezons (Cantal), rises more than 37 metres high on the southern flank of the Plomb du Cantal. The seat of an important Auvergne lordship from the 10th century, the site had a first castle that was burned by Renaud de Murat in the 14th century before being rebuilt in the 15th century. Partially dismantled in 1628 on the orders of Richelieu, who had two of its three towers destroyed, it has retained its rectangular keep flanked by a stair turret with three canted sides, listed as a historic monument (inscrit au titre des monuments historiques) since 1958. The name "La Boyle" dates only from the 1960s; the site was previously called Laboual, Laboal or La Bohal.