Find your hotel in France, near : château de peyrepertuse

Overlooking the village of Duilhac, the Castle of Peyrepertuse is one of the symbols of the Cathar movement.
The ruins, which seem to merge with the rocks of the hill 800 metres above the valley, were once one of the Five Sons of Carcassonne, castles built in renowned impregnable locations.
By choosing your hotel near the Château de Peyrepertuse, you will discover this page of history which marked the Languedoc-Roussillon region at the beginning of the 13th century when the Roman Catholic Church went to war against the followers of Catharism who were considered heretics.
However, it is wrong to think that all the castles in the region took part in the famous crusade against the Albigensians and it would be more accurate to speak of castles in Cathar country.
But let us return to Peyrepertuse, whose castle is mentioned at the beginning of the 11th century and which passed to the French crown after the submission of Guillaume de Peyrepertuse.
It then became a royal fortress designed to protect the border between France and Aragon.
After the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in the 17th century, its strategic position collapsed and the castle was gradually abandoned, so that visitors who are brave enough to climb to the top of the hill can only see the ruins of a complex that was once as large as the city of Carcassonne.
An incredible view of the Corbières vineyards and the medieval village of Duilhac-sous-Peyreperyuse quickly makes you forget the difficult access to the fortress.