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Montségur

Montségur is a castle on a rocky peak in the Ariège department of southern France, in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Rebuilt around 1204 as a Cathar refuge, it became their main stronghold during the Albigensian Crusade. After a siege of some ten months it surrendered in March 1244, and more than 200 Cathars who refused to recant were burned. The present ruins are of a later fortress.

Montségur
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Montségur. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/montsegur
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