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Agel Castle, in the Hérault department, already belonged in 1100 to Bernarde, lord of Agel, Minerve and Cazelles. During the Albigensian Crusade in the 13th century, it served as a stronghold for Guiraud de Pépieux, whose feudal resistance led Simon de Montfort to burn the castle in reprisal; it was restored after the Treaty of Paris of 1220. Passing through the hands of many lords (Bernard d'Auriac and Guillaume de Molini in 1304, Bernard de Maureilhan in 1352, Gabriel de Verseilles in 1432, Bernard de Corsery in 1494, then Pierre and Simon de Beauxhostes from 1543), it was sold in 1764 to Jean d'Augier and then acquired by the Écal family in 1880. Restored in the 20th century (buildings and Italianate gardens), it retains 13th-century fortification elements, Renaissance embrasures and 18th-century Trianon-style windows. The castle, remodelled in the 16th and 17th centuries, is listed as a monument historique.