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Peyrepertuse Castle, Aude, France
Peyrepertuse Castle or Chateau Pierre Pertuse, Cathar Castle, Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, Corbieres, Aude, France. This castle consists of a Lower Castle built by the Kings of Aragon in the 11th century and a High Castle built by Louis IX in the 13th century, joined by a huge staircase. Its name means pierced rock in Occitan and it has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "cinq fils de Carcassonne" and is a listed monument historique. View from a distance showing steep cliffs which act as a natural defense. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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AR9181669
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Image
Purpose
Public
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7758px × 3751px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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11TH CENTURY
13TH CENTURY
5 sons of Carcassonne
Albigensian crusade
ARCHITECTURAL
Architecture
Army
AUDE
blue skies
building
Castle
Cathar Country
Cathar wars
Chateau
cinq fils de Carcassonne
Cliff
color
Corbieres
Crusader
Crusades
DAY
Defense
DEFENSIVE
dramatic
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse
Dusk
Evening
Exterior
five sons of Carcassonne
FORT
Fortification
FORTIFIED
Fortress
France
French
Guard
HERITAGE
Hill
hilltop
HISTORIC MONUMENT
HISTORICAL
History
HORIZONTAL
IMAGE
KEEP
Landscape
LANGUEDOC
MC
Medieval
Military
MONARCHY
Monument Historique
mountain
mountaineous
OCCITAN
Outdoors
OUTSIDE
Panorama
PANORAMIC VIEW
Peirapertusa
Photograph
pierced rock
Pierre Pertuse
PYRENEAN
PYRENéES
REMAINS
royal
Ruin
RUINED
RUINS
SCENIC
SUNNY
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Tower
Travel
Twilight
Wall
Watchtower