Mortemart

The smallest commune in Haute-Vienne grew up around a feudal mound and a stone castle that the lord Abon Drut built in 995, in the Monts de Blond, the first hills of the Massif Central to pass 400 metres when coming from the Atlantic. The English destroyed that castle in the 14th century; its successor, raised on another site, was later dismantled on the orders of Louis XIII.

Highlights

• The Monts de Blond, first foothills of the Massif Central
• A lordship older than the year 1000, with castle origins in 995
• A whole village on just 3.6 km², the department's smallest commune
• The martyred village of Oradour-sur-Glane, in the surrounding area

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Mortemart (FR), Mortemart (EN), Mortemart (IT)), Wikivoyage (Mortemart). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.