First mention of a castle there in 825, but probably not looking like this.
First known lord was a retainer of the Count of Toulouse. The place becomes a fully fledged fief under vice-count of Albi.
In 1140 the knight templars have documented possessions in the town but while the lords had ties with the order, the castle was not a templar commandery.
In 1365 captured by Gascon mercenaries for the English Crown in the Hundred Years War. Retaken by the French in 1374 and retaken by the English in 1384.
Most of the castle was dismanteled in 1586 and abandonned. Classified historical monument in 1902, but still abandonned until its purchase by a lawyer in 1980, then purchased by an architect in 2006 who started to restore this fortress and opened the site to public in 2010.
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First mention of a castle there in 825, but probably not looking like this.
First known lord was a retainer of the Count of Toulouse. The place becomes a fully fledged fief under vice-count of Albi.
In 1140 the knight templars have documented possessions in the town but while the lords had ties with the order, the castle was not a templar commandery.
First conquered by the Count of Toulouse in 1176.
Taken in 1223 by the crusaders in the [Albigensian croisade](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigensian_Crusade), retaken by the “heretics”.
In 1365 captured by Gascon mercenaries for the English Crown in the Hundred Years War. Retaken by the French in 1374 and retaken by the English in 1384.
Most of the castle was dismanteled in 1586 and abandonned. Classified historical monument in 1902, but still abandonned until its purchase by a lawyer in 1980, then purchased by an architect in 2006 who started to restore this fortress and opened the site to public in 2010.