Château de Quéribus
Clifftop Cathar fortress with a Gothic pillared hall and sweeping views to the Pyrenees and the sea.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Château de Quéribus, the mountaintop fortress in the Corbières near Carcassonne, starts from one stone pillar in the Gothic hall of the keep. It follows the Cathars who fled here after Montségur, the knight Chabert de Barbaira who sheltered them, and the old comrade who rode up with the king's army in May twelve fifty-five. Stand beside the pillar in the hall as you listen.
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