Peyrepertuse, meaning "pierced rock"
The ruins of Peyrepertuse include a castle and fortress in the French Pyrenees, in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The “Cathar castles” such as Carcassone, Queribus, Peyrepertuse, and a dozen or so others were a collection of fortifications and castles used as a refuge by the heretical Cathar sect during the Albigensian Crusade of the early 1200s. As the Cathars used these castles for hiding and protection, most of them are set high in the mountains, with glorious views, treacherous staircases, and rigorous ascents.
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Oh My! This is a now a must-see on my travel list.
I’m such a sucker for ruins.
These look like they’d be very fun to explore!
That region is littered with them–all crumbly and precariously perched. Great for clambering!
Amazing view! It would be fascinating to learn how folks managed to build such huge castles in such a hard-to-access place.
I know–and especially because by the Cathars got there in the 1200s, it was already 200 years old!
imaging what it was like to *build* this…