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2024

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A tower in Benon, once known as the Tour des Six-Sots.

The name of this monument is intriguing! But where does it come from? To find out, we need to go back to 1828. Countess Cayla, owner of part of the Benon forest, was refusing the inhabitants a right of way. After a complaint and unsuccessful negotiations, it was finally the new Countess who was obliged to compensate the mayor's lawyer. The town council decided, by a mere 6 votes, to use this sum to build a tower in the middle of the village. Standing 18 m high, it features a clock and scales.

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It is not a lawyer, but an usher come to present the lady of the manor the judgement by the trial that it had lost against the town. The lady of the manor had it treat harshly by " its gens" and it was condemned to pay damage to the usher who made in donated the town to buy a clock. The priest refusing to put it on the church, the built this tower that not only bends its back on the " château" , but the entrance blocked. The Republican most (6 advisers) voted for this tower and the " réaction" " named; tower of the 6 sots". Its real name is " the horloge". It measures 24 metres, built like a lighthouse, and its pediment is sculpted scales of justice.