France · Restored
Château de Quéribus
Château de Quéribus is a medieval mountaintop castle in the Aude département of France, long associated with the Cathars and one of the 'Five Sons of Carcassonne'. It occupies the summit of an isolated limestone peak and was a border fortress until the frontier moved in 1659. The site is a listed monument historique and has undergone restoration and is accessible to visitors today.
Its prime
1255
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1255
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on the highest limestone crag for kilometres around, Quéribus presents a compact, stepped silhouette: a massive square/rectangular donjon at the summit, linked to lower rounded towers and curtain walls that cling to and follow the natural rock outcrops. The masonry is pale beige limestone in roughly coursed blocks; walls descend in terraces with crenellated parapets and narrow arrowslits. At its prime the keep and curtain would have been intact and continuous, fully enclosing an inner bailey on the summit.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1255.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Château de Quéribus — including 1 interior: donjon roof and lookout. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Château de Quéribus with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1255 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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