TOWER OF CANOURGUE

Restored by the Cévennes National Park, this square schist tower dominates the entire French Valley. Its strategic location was exploited from the early 13th century and formed one of the links in a network of fortresses established throughout the valley.

Archaeological excavations undertaken at the Canourgue Tower have shown that it was the keep of a castle, probably abandoned at the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century. Outside the fortifications, there was an entire settlement whose ruins are now obscured by vegetation, but are still present.

An interpretive trail, following in the footsteps of the lords of the Canourgue Tower, has been developed by the Cévennes National Park. It begins at the parking lot of the hamlet of Biasses, located on the D993 road