Épernon Walls

En un regard

Le château en bref

The remains of the ramparts of the Duke of Épernon, in Angoulême, are the vestiges of a bastioned enclosure built between the last quarter of the sixteenth century and the first quarter of the seventeenth century by the Duke of Épernon, governor of Angoumois, in the aftermath of an attempted abduction or assassination of which he was the target on the part of Catholic League partisans. A continuous stretch of about 200 metres survives, partly incorporated into houses, with two spurs crowned by sentry boxes and a stone embankment 10 to 20 metres high. At the western end, two circular towers remain; the original layout formed a star around the former castle. The whole, privately owned, has been protected by order of 21 April 1972.