The remains of the Castle can be visited
CastleTautavel
Château de Tautavel
The Château de Tautavel, in the commune of Tautavel, in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales, is a castle built between the 11th and 13th centuries.
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The castle is located on the heights of Tautavel. It is accessible from the village by a path in a fifteen-minute walk.
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The castle of Taltevul is mentioned in 1011, during the donation that Bernard Taillefer, Count of Besalú, wished to make of it as an allod to his eldest son, Guillem. It is mentioned again in 1020, in the will of Bernard Taillefer, under the name of Taltevolo castle. It passed to the Vernet family around the beginning of the 13th century, then to the Counts of Empúries on November 14, 1261, and finally to the royal domain shortly after. It was destroyed by the French in the 17th century. The Château de Tautavel has been listed as a historical monument since March 17, 1986.
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Victor Aragon, « The ancient fortified castles of the Roussillon Corbières, border of Languedoc: Châte …
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