France
Peyrepertuse (French pronunciation: [pɛʁpɛʁtyz]; Languedocien: Castèl de Pèirapertusa) is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French Pyrénées in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, in the Aude département, and has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It was the former seigneury of the Peyrepertusès (in Occitan Pèirapertusés) which means "pierced stone."
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Peyrepertuse ranks #919 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #80 of the 793 mapped in France. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,234 times in the last 60 days, more than 91% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Perpignan, 34 km away. It is one of the 23 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Cathar Country. It is stop 9 of 18 on the Cathar castle route, Carcassonne to Foix. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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