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The castle dominates the rocky headland and the ravine of Vernassonne, at an important strategic position at the entry of the Montagne Noire.
It can be dated to at least 960 and it was bequeathed by the bishop of Toulouse to the Count of Carcassonne. It was once the residence of the powerful vassal family of Trencavel. At the time of the Albigensian Crusade in 1229, the lord of Saissac, Bertrand de Saissac, himself a Cathar, was the tutor of Raymond Roger de Trencavel. They were subjugated and stripped of their titles. Bouchard de Marly ordered the seizing of the castle and its goods; it was only later, after 1234, that the castle was restored by Lambert de Thursey, another companion of Montfort.
In 1568 and 1580, the Protestant troops destroyed the village but were unable to enter the impregnable fortress. After the French Revolution, the castle quickly fell in ruins after repeatedly being looted by treasure hunters in 1862 lured by the castle's romantic aspect.

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