Château de Montségur
Hilltop castle ruin on a sheer Pyrenean rock, the last Cathar stronghold besieged in 1243-44.
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This guide to the Château de Montségur, the Cathar stronghold in the hills south-west of Carcassonne, follows the royal army that closed around the mountain in the spring of twelve forty-three and the hundred or so fighters under Pierre-Roger de Mirepoix who held the summit. It raises an unsettling question about whose walls you are actually standing inside. You'll also hear about Basque mercenaries on the eastern end of the ridge. Best heard at the top, beside the stones of the keep.
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