Château de Puilaurens

The document also mentions the presence of a Saint-Laurent church serving as a fortified and hilltop refuge from the Carolingian period.

In 1229, Guillaume de Peyrepertuse commanded the castle of Puilaurens and, in 1242, it was held by Roger Catala, son of Pierre.

In 1240, a woman named Saurine Rigaud, inhabitant of Fanjeaux and a Cathar believer, found refuge in Puilaurens, where she met twelve monks including eight women.

By a letter dated August 1255, Louis IX of France ordered the seneschal of Carcassonne to fortify the castle.

After the work campaign under Louis IX, it was occupied in 1260 by the largest garrison on the entire border, under the orders of a Châtelaine, Odon de Monteuil, with a chaplain and 25 sergeants at arms[3] In 1263 there is a record of the following taken to the Chateau, ten salted pigs, two bushels of wheat, six Minots of good flour, as well as crossbows measuring two feet, four of horn and two of wood, crossbow bolts, eighteen shields, five helmets.