Chateau de Aguilar. Ruins of twelth Century Cathar castle set on hillside in the commune of Tuchan. Inner keep surrounded by outer thirteenth century fortification.Vines growing in valley below.

Chateau de Aguilar. Ruins of twelth Century Cathar castle set on hillside in the commune of Tuchan. Inner keep surrounded by outer thirteenth century fortification.

Fanjeaux. Ancient stone cross outside the thirteenth century Eglise d Notre Dame. The village had associations with the Cathars.

Chateau Puivert Cathar castle stronghold in the thirteenth century. East gate and fortified walls and turrets.

Ruins of Chateau Queribus last stronghold of the Cathar resistance during the thirteenth century. Situated on ridge high above the village of Maury.

Avignonet-de-Lauragais. Statue of Crusader of Avignonet set against the Cathar religion considered heretical by the Catholic Church in the thirteenth century.

Avignonet-de-Lauragais. Statue of Crusader of Avignonet set against the Cathar religion considered heretical by the Catholic Church in the thirteenth century.

Haghartsin Monastery dating from the thirteenth century.Armenian Asia Asian European Middle East Religion Religious

Exterior of thirteenth century mosque

Exterior of thirteenth century mosque.Oldest mosque in Ghana

Exterior of thirteenth century mosque.Oldest mosque in Ghana

Haeinsa. Home to the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks a collection of Buddhist scriptures engraved in the thirteenth centuryUNESCO World Heritage Site