Lastours

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Lastours is a historic village and commune of the Aude département, in southwestern France.

Lastours is located 12 km outside Carcassonne, in the valley of the Orbiel. There are 4 small castles each built on a large 300m high rocky ridge. The castles were built to control the access to Montagne Noire and the Cabardes region. These are some of the few original Cathar castles left.

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• Lastours and its role in the Cathar wars (or Albigensian Crusade) Description, map, chronology, photographs, context, cross references to other Cathar Castles and weblinks
• Lastours photogallery