MONUMENT COMMEMORATIF DE DUGUESCLIN
Du Guesclin is known to have laid siege to the castle of Châteauneuf-de-Randon in the summer of 1380 in order to free it from the grip of the English truckers. A mausoleum was erected in the 19th century to celebrate its action against the English and to mark its mark in French history.
During the Hundred Years' War, part of the kingdom of France was sacked by English truckers. Du Guesclin was mandated by the king to deliver some regions of the south: Auvergne, Rouergue and Gévaudan. It was in this context that du Guesclin laid siege to the castle of Châteauneuf-de-Randon in the summer of 1380, but unfortunately he died in July 1380 and had no time to see the English surrender soon afterwards
In the 19th century, a craze was born for heroes who died for the nation. In this context, the mausoleum was built in homage to the figure of du Guesclin who is inscribed "died in defence of his homeland from the English invaders".