Château de Roquefère

En un regard

Le château en bref

Perched on a rocky spur overlooking the Rieutort, in the heart of the Haut-Cabardès and the Montagne Noire, the Château de Roquefère combines feudal remains with Ancien Régime additions. Guillaume de Roquefère, the first known lord, paid homage to the Viscount of Carcassonne as early as 1124; his descendants, who embraced the Cathar cause, were dispossessed after Simon de Montfort's crusade. Damaged and then restored from 1638 onwards by the Cathala family, who added its south façade and its two square towers, the building retains a great hall adorned with a granite fireplace decorated in high relief. Still inhabited and remaining a private property, it has been listed as a historic monument since 1985.