Marols

With no castle of its own, Marols grew around its church, and in the Hundred Years' War that church became the fortress. At 865 metres in the Forez mountains, Saint-Pierre still carries a massive square tower crowned with machicolations, one of the finest fortified churches in the area, while a postern, a watchtower and the east gate survive from the village walls.

Highlights

• Saint-Pierre, a fortified church with a machicolated square tower
• The postern, watchtower and east gate of the medieval walls
• Les Rochers, with a prehistoric dry-stone enclosure and a menhir
• Forest and pasture on the slopes of the Monts du Forez

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Marols (FR), Marols, Loire, Marols (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.