The Château fort de Puyravaux is a ruined
feudal
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in Middle Ages, medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a wa ...
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the ''
commune'' of
Clairavaux
Clairavaux (; oc, Claravau) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Creuse, some south of Aubusson at the juncti ...
in the
Creuse ''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
'' of France. It was built of
granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...
but its date of construction is unknown, as is its exact location. It was probably destroyed around the middle of the 15th century.
See also
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List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...
References
External links
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Ruined castles in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Buildings and structures in Creuse
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