Cercy-la-Tour

Cercy-la-Tour stands where the Aron receives the Alène and the Canne, in the Nivernais. The old town grew on a height above the rivers and was protected by walls, ditches and a tower. Its fortified enclosure extended for more than eight hundred metres, and Cercy became one of the châtellenies of the county. The castle and its defences gave the settlement its name and a place in the network of lordships that governed the surrounding country.