"'two great square towers, deprived of their upper stage, are still there, partly upright, and contain several chambers now in very bad condition. the staircases which lead to them have been deprived of part of their steps to make access more difficult. underneath are magazines and cellars, the vaults of which rest on several ranges of arcades. cisterns hollowed in the rock are found beneath a paved court. below and near the castle a second inclosure, flanked by semicircular towers, contains within it the remains of numerous demolished houses and cisterns.'"