Paracolls de Conflent Castle

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Le château en bref

Paracolls Castle, in the commune of Campôme (Pyrénées-Orientales), is one of the oldest documented fortresses in the Conflent. It is attested as early as 948, and again in charters of 958 and 983. Its ruins crown a steep hill above the Gorges de la Castellane, about half an hour's walk from the baths of Molitg. A possession of the counts of Cerdanya, it was held from the late 11th century by a family bearing the name Paracolls, after which it returned to royal hands under the kings of Majorca. In 1312, King Sancho gave it to Ponç de Caramany, forming the barony of Paracolls, which then passed to the Tregurà, the Vilanova and the Llupià families until the Revolution. The site retains two enclosures with a keep, parapets, a cistern and a curious granite column with a carved capital.