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Marols

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

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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

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Population: 462

Nearby member villages

  1. Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez · 47 km
  2. Polignac · 48 km
  3. Lavaudieu · 52 km
  4. Usson · 55 km
  5. Lavoûte-Chilhac · 62 km

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