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VILLAGE MÉDIÉVAL DE BOUSSAGUES
Castles and defences
in La Tour-sur-Orb
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Boussagues is a fortified medieval village nestled in a fold of the upper Orb valley, and is the architectural jewel of the region. Its lords established a citadel here in the 11th century (the Castellas or Château haut), from where they dominated the territory economically and politically. A network of medieval alleyways enclosed by ramparts developed at the foot of the Castellas over the following centuries, and numbered up to 1,500 inhabitants around 1350. In addition to the Castellas, a...
Boussagues is a fortified medieval village nestled in a fold of the upper Orb valley, and is the architectural jewel of the region. Its lords established a citadel here in the 11th century (the Castellas or Château haut), from where they dominated the territory economically and politically. A network of medieval alleyways enclosed by ramparts developed at the foot of the Castellas over the following centuries, and numbered up to 1,500 inhabitants around 1350. In addition to the Castellas, a heritage trail takes in the imposing Château bas (a 12th-16th-century seigneurial residence), the Romanesque church of Notre-Dame de la Pitié, the remains of the Gothic church of La Trinité, and the Maison du Bailli, an exceptional residence haunted by the memory of Toulouse-Lautrec...
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