The Quéribus castle (fr. Château de Quéribus, in Occitan – Castèl de Queribús) is a ruined castle in the commune of Cucugnan in the Aude département of France. It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1907.
Queribus is one of the “Five Sons of Carcassonne“, along with Aguilar, Peyrepertuse, Termes and Puilaurens: five castles strategically placed to defend the French border against the Spanish, until the border was moved in 1659.
It became a one of the strong points of the French defensive system based on Carcassonne, with the Treaty of Corbeil in 1258. However it lost much of its strategic importance in 1659, in the reign of Louis XIV when the treaty of the Pyrenees redefined the frontier between France and Spain.
Queribus has been remarkably well preserved. Elements of the domestic life of the fortress are still visible: the cistern, the keep, the chimney flue. There are also interesting features of military architecture: gun emplacements, loop holes for firearms, arrow slits, machicolations.
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Coordinates: 42°50′11″N 2°37′16″E
