Château de Roquessels

In 1247, the inhabitants of the village, like all subjects of the Trencavels, viscount of Béziers, were released from their pledge of allegiance and submitted to the King of France.

Today, the only remains are a chapel with fine windows and massive walls on three sides.

[1] It is likely that the castle was one of a number that fell to the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion in 1569, an assumption attested to by its church being spared while the manor was completely destroyed by fire from artillery, which according to tradition, occupied the heights of Mortesout.

[2] The castle was abandoned for more comfortable dwellings in the 18th century, in line with the changing tastes of the aristocracy of the period.

[3] The chapel (Eglise Notre-Dame) has been listed since 1991 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.