The fortified house of Cursinges is an ancient 14th-century fortified house in the hamlet of Cursinges, whose ruins stand in the commune of Perrignier.
The fortified house at Cursinges is typical of 14th-century fortified houses. See also the fortified house at Buffavent and the fortified house at Brens.
The fortified house of Cursinges takes the form of a 30-meter square, ditched enclosure flanked at the corners by round turrets. The crenellated curtain walls, 1.20 meters thick, linked two main buildings, with a large and a small square tower, and enclosed two courtyards. Two drawbridges spanned wide moats flooded by a diversion of the Redon river.
Successive floods ruined the castle, one tower collapsed and the ditches filled in.
Today, the remains of large sections of wall can still be seen under the vegetation, marking the site of the fortified house of Cursinges.
The fortified house of Cursinges takes the form of a 30-meter square, ditched enclosure flanked at the corners by round turrets. The crenellated curtain walls, 1.20 meters thick, linked two main buildings, with a large and a small square tower, and enclosed two courtyards. Two drawbridges spanned wide moats flooded by a diversion of the Redon river.
Successive floods ruined the castle, one tower collapsed and the ditches filled in.
Today, the remains of large sections of wall can still be seen under the vegetation, marking the site of the fortified house of Cursinges.
