The current castle was built on the remains of an earlier fortified house.
The feudal estate of Saint-Marcel originally depended on the nearby castle of Ussel.
Both estates were owned …

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Francesco | Cyclo Ergo Sum

October 24, 2023

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Probably founded in the fourteenth century, an example of the late typology of the so-called "monobloc castles", the castle of Saint-Marcel is located on a plateau at the base of the alluvial fan of the Saint-Marcel torrent and at a road junction point for the direct routes along the valley floor and towards the valley to the south, known for the extraction of soapstone and for the presence of iron-cupriferous and manganese mines which were certainly already known in the medieval period.

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Andrea__dt

July 1, 2021

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Place of historical interest

Localita Moral, 1, 11020 Saint Marcel AO
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