Château de Bourbon l'Archambault

The medieval fortress of Bourbon l'Archambault is the birthplace of the Bourbon dynasty and identifies with the history of France.
It represents one of the most impressive ruins of the feudal period there in France, despite the insults he has suffered over the centuries. Former residence of the Lords of Bourbon Archambault, this castle, which had up to fifteen towers, served mainly military defense while the dukes and their court were fixed in Moulins. After the sixteenth century, the castle was abandoned and gradually fell into ruin, although a chapter Veillat conservation of Saintes-Relics - made in France by Robert de Bourbon, the sixth son of St. Louis - in the Sainte Chapelle, wonder stone and stained glass whose beauty rivaled that of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris.

Confiscated during the Revolution, the castle was sold as national property in 1794, becoming the most successful careers in the country. In 1832, Achille Allier, local poet, saved from destruction the three towers in the north and the room in front of them, only current accounts, with the tower that growls, the omnipotence of the fortress described as breathtaking in time.