France · Partial ruin
Château de Puivert
Château de Puivert is a medieval hilltop castle in the commune of Puivert in Aude, France, built in its present form at the start of the 14th century. The site has a rectangular curtain wall with several towers and a well-preserved square keep notable for its vaulted chapel and the Minstrels' Room with carved musicians.
First raised
1170
Its prime
1320
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1320
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a 605 m hill above the village and its lake, the castle has a rectangular curtain wall about 175 m long pierced by arrow slits, a central square gate tower in the east wall and a surrounding moat in its original state. Five surviving towers include a smooth round northeast tower, a rough round north tower, a square tower with a windowed turret, southeast tower remains and a dominant 15×15 m square keep rising to 35 m with rib-vaulted interiors, chapel windows and a crenellated defensive platform.
Step inside
13 places to explore in 1320.
The record describes 13 distinct spots at Château de Puivert — including 3 interiors: keep lower levels (barrel-vaulted), keep chapel (third floor), minstrels' room (fourth floor). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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