Château de Breniges

English translation

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History

In the Middle Ages (until the 12th century), Malemort was the seat of a very powerful lordship which disappeared for lack of male heirs. The last heiress was Allemande de Malemort who married the viscount of Turenne and brought her fief to him as an inheritance. There existed a castle of which only a few sections of walls belonging to the keep remain. To bar the valley, a small castle had been built near the river with towers, walls, moats, small square keep. A wall and an underground passage connected this small castle to the castle. From this small castle, called "château de Breniges", there remained three towers, the square tower constituting the keep and traces of counterscarp. In the 1950s, the commune purchased the ruins to make a public square of them. At that time, the buildings consisted of the three towers on one of which were adjoined a house and a barn (18th century) which were demolished. Only the two circular towers were preserved, dating from the 13th century. The sculptured stones from the demolition were put into storage.