Saissac Castle
Ruined hilltop fortress above a wooded ravine, with a medieval coin-hoard museum and Pyrenees views.
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This guide to Saissac Castle, in the Black Mountain foothills north of Carcassonne, starts on the rock itself: the schist and granite spur above the Vernassonne ravine. It follows the treasure hunters who came after the Revolution, sure the stones were hiding gold, and a building crew in the village in nineteen seventy-nine. Best heard on the terrace, facing south toward the plain.
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