Legendary castleAriège
Château de Montaillou
Montaillou
Dimensions
ruins of a rectangular keep with 3 walls — approximate position
Period
13th century
What stands there
village made famous by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's book
Village perched on Mont Allion, whose Inquisition interrogation registers enabled the historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie to reconstruct, in "Montaillou, village occitan" (1975), the daily life of a 14th-century Cathar community with a wealth of detail unique in medieval Europe.
Getting there : Free access
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
- Pic de Saint-Barthélemy et l'ermitage de saint AnastaseSacred mountain · Montferrier · 11 km
- Château de MontségurLegendary castle · Montségur · 11 km
- Fontaine intermittente de FontestorbesSacred spring / fountain · Bélesta · 12 km
- Château d'UssonLegendary castle · Rouze · 17 km
- La Bastide-sur-l'HersBastide (planned town) · La Bastide-sur-l'Hers · 19 km
- Château de PuivertLegendary castle · Puivert · 20 km
This place in the great stories
- Cathar Country: the good men, the crusade and the last pyreColloquy of Lombers (1165) and the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229), then the Inquisition…
In the same department
All places — Ariège (25).