Puilaurens Castle built

Name: Puilaurens Castle built
Start: 1201

1201 CE.

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The Château de Puilaurens (Puilaurens Castle, also Puylaurens; in Occitan: lo Castèl de Puèg-Laurenç) is one of the so-called Cathar castles in the commune of Lapradelle-Puilaurens in the Aude département. The castle is located above the Boulzane Valley and the villages of Lapradelle and Puilaurens. There is a path from Axat to the castle.

Text from the Wikipedia article Château de Puilaurens, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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