Aurignac Castle

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Le château en bref

Built before 1240 by Bernard V, Count of Comminges, on a promontory around which the village of Aurignac developed, the castle was occupied in 1583 by bandits who used it as a base for raids, until the seneschal of Toulouse drove them out and had the building partly demolished at the request of the inhabitants. A communal property listed as a Monument Historique since 1979, today only the church, a well-restored keep at the top of the hill and sections of ramparts incorporated into dwellings remain. The commune is also world-famous for its prehistoric cave, which gave its name to the definition of the Aurignacian culture.