An old flat share
Taking advantage of European Heritage Days, we returned to visit a site we had already visited a few years ago: Les Tours de Merle. It is located in the heart of the Xaintrie region in Corrèze, about an hour's drive from the mill, via Beaulieu sur Dordogne and Argentat. This fortified site, standing on a rocky outcrop surrounded by the turbulent waters of the Maronne River and lush forest, comprised several towers and dwellings belonging to different noble and seigneurial families who coexisted on the same estate. It is a remarkable example of the kind of shared living arrangements that already existed in the Middle Ages.
