Les Corbières Castles

The impressive ruins of the five strongholds which reinforced the defenses of Carcassonne, including the castles of St-Martin, Termes and Arques, lie close to N613, which runs through the Corbières region. Along N117 (Quillan-Perpignan), perched on bare rocky crags, can be seen the Albigensian strongholds of Puylaurens (near Axat) and Quéribus (near the village of Maury). North of Maury, beyond Quéribus, is the strikingly impressive Albigensian citadel of Peyrepertuse (the "cleft rock").