Château de Quéribus

CHATEAU QUERIBUS
Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

Château de Quéribus is a ruined castle in the commune of Cucugnan in the Aude département of France. It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1907.  Queribus is one of five castles strategically placed to defend the border between France and Spain. Château de Quéribus was a Spanish castle until taken over by the French. It is sometimes regarded as the last Cathar stronghold. After the fall of Montségur in 1244 surviving Cathars sheltered here and in other mountain top strongholds on the border of Aragon (the present border between the Aude and the Pyrénées-Orientales). All photographs © John Davison 2014 - 2018