View from Château de Quéribus, Cucugnan, Aude, France

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View from the top of Queribus one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne", along with Aguilar, Peyrepertuse, Termes and Puilaurens: five castles strategically placed to defend the French border against the Spanish, until the border was moved in 1659. It is sometimes regarded as the last Cathar stronghold. After the fall of Montségur in 1244 surviving Cathars gathered together in another mountain-top stronghold on the border of Aragon (the present border between the Aude and the Pyrénées-Orientales).

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Size: 6048px × 3408px
Location: Château de Quéribus, Cucugnan, Aude, France
Photo credit: © Russell Bulley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aragon, carcassonne, castle, cathars, château, de, panorama, quéribus, sons