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Forts Neighborhood
This district of the old part of Nyons was built around the late thirteenth century near the Petits Grands Forts and Forts streets. At this time, the Popes in Avignon had just moved to neighboring town, and Nyons, in route from Rome to Avignon, grew very quickly.
The Forts neighborhood still retains a medieval feel. There is a large hill overlooking the neighborhood, with two towers. Randonne tower is now used as a chapel it was purchased by a priest during the eighteenth century, and the tower Dauphine, which is private property. The neighborhood was surrounded by defene walls and had a few doors of entry.
You can still see the Portail Corcosson next to the the feudal castle, with the arms of the family that reigned in Nyons. The castle was built in the fourteenth century, but today there are only two towers left and some ruins. Nyons is a small town and this journey will take two or three hours, but there are many other small downs nearby to visit as well.
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