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Tour du Rempart

Châteaux et Sites de défense • Paray-le-Monial

Description

This tower, partly preserved, was part of the fortified city wall. It reinforced a weak point near the river. The oldest traces of the tower can be found in the centre of the building. The semicircular part, added at the end of the Middle Ages (15th century), has three gunports at the top, which are now blocked. The half-cone roof structure is undated, but was not in existence in the 17th century.