Tour de Falhiès

Velzic

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No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Velzic

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Tour de Falhiès stands in Velzic (Cantal), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

On the Coyan plateau, at an altitude of 920 metres, the remains of the Falhiès tower overlook the Jordanne valley, in the commune of Velzic in the Cantal. This square 11th-century tower was part of a watch network set up by the Aurillac abbey to monitor the Dordogne valley, alongside the towers of Saint-Simon and the Saint-Étienne castle in Aurillac. Visitors can still make out fine ashlar stonework, the opening of a narrow shaft built into the thickness of a wall, and the ruins of an outbuilding that once housed a bread oven.

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What to know

The site sits high on the Coyan plateau, so reaching it involves walking over natural terrain.
These are open-air ruins, with no known organised visitor facilities.
The tower was inhabited until the late 19th century before being abandoned and later stripped of its stones in the early 20th century.
No opening hours or admission fees apply, as the site is not managed as a paying monument.