>>14842226This is the castle just outside the town, it was the home fief of the Polignac noble family. The story says Polignac is etymologically derived from Apollo, the Polignacs themselves being descendents of the priests of the temple which once occupied the promontory. One of the first bishops of the Velay diocese was a Sidoine Apollinaire. You can still see a creepy head statue in the dungeon. It's just one of many examples of historical continuity in France between Antiquity and Medieval times, much of which historians love to "deboonk" because it relies on oral tradition.