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Le château en bref
The château de Cabrerolles (Hérault), whose keep is documented as early as 980 under its first known lord, Atracérius de Cabrairol, developed into a fortress in the 12th century on a rocky spur overlooking the pass between the upper Orb valley and the Biterrois plain. The building had two watchtowers, one facing the mountains and the other facing the plain, as well as a fortified castle chapel whose bell tower merges with the north tower, a seigneurial residence to the south and a fortified curtain wall. In 1569, the Baron of Faugères had the chapel demolished, and the Duke of Montmorency then attacked the walls. The whole was definitively dismantled in 1630 during the campaign led by Cardinal Richelieu against the feudal strongholds. The chapel, restored in the 17th century under the dedication of Notre-Dame-de-la-Roque, became the parish church and was later sold as national property during the Revolution. Since 1990, the site has been the subject of restoration campaigns supported by the commune and a local association, including the structural reinforcement of the chapel in 1993 and the restoration of the bell tower in 1995, at an estimated cost of 229,000 euros.