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"The castle was located on the Regordane road which linked Provence and Languedoc to Auvergne. La Garde was inhabited by noble pariers who constituted, in the 13th century, a sort of police militia responsible for ensuring order on this road." Information from the Mérimée database
"In the 12th century, the castle was used as a hideout by a band of brigands who robbed travellers. The bishop of Mende employed them to guard the road. The building was located on a plateau protected to the north by the Chassezac, to the south and east by cliffs. Access was only possible via the Regordane. [...] All that remains of the castle is a tower and ruins. The walls formed a continuous belt around the hamlet. The walls are made up of regular courses of rectangular sandstone blocks, brought from a neighbouring plateau, and a high square tower stands in the centre of the ruined quadrilateral [...]". Information from the Mérimée database
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