Aguilar Castle, Aude, France

Aguilar Castle, Chateau d'Aguilar, Cathar Castle, Tuchan, Corbieres, Aude, France. The castle consists of an inner keep built in the 12th century, surrounded by an outer pentagonal fortification from the 13th century with semi-circular guard towers, and is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "cinq fils de Carcassonne". It is a listed monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Cathar Country, Corbieres, France