Lastours, Cathar castles north of Carcassonne, Languedoc
Lastours, Cathar castles north of Carcassonne, Languedoc |
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| The area was very poor with few people living here. The villages were made out of rough stone. beans, chestnut flour and pigs provided food.The area still has France's only working Gold mine at Salsigne ( which can be seen from Lastours) ...but copper, iron,lead and silver are no longer mined. |