This small village, located on the border of Ariège and Aude at an altitude of 1,300 meters, has only about twenty inhabitants in winter. Montaillou has in fact remained famous thanks to ancient writings which bear witness to Cathar practices in the region in the 13th century.
The castle probably had three storeys and was built by the lords of Alion around the end of the 12th century, occupying a platform roughly 100m long by 30 to 40 m wide. The plan of the castle was simple: a wall linked to a tower followed the contours of the hill.
In the 12th century, a Christian religion different from Catholicism developed in the South of France: Catharism.This new belief, based on Christianity but highly criticized by Catholicism, quickly spread throughout Occitania a région of southern France.
(Issued 02-04-2024)
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