Peyrepertuse (Languedocien: Castèl de Pèirapertusa) is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French Pyrénées.


Peyrepertuse (Languedocien: Castl de Pirapertusa) is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French PyrŽnŽes in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, in the Aude dŽpartement, and has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It was the former seigneury of the Peyrepertuss (in Occitan PirapertusŽs) which means "pierced stone."


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