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| The power of the Sabran family collapsed with the defeat of the Count of Toulouse, during the crusade of the French King against the Albigensians. In 1249, the castle of Saint Victor la Coste was handed over the the royal "senechal" or regional administrator, who had the fortifications demolished on the order of the King. |
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papal coins | From then on, Saint Victor la Coste was a lordship among others, belonging successively to vast domains of several feudal families: Montlaur, Poitiers, Nicolai, Gadagne.
During the religious wars, the castle was occupied by royal troops for a short time. It was abandoned in the Renaissance, and fell into complete ruin. It is now being consolidated.
The castle at the top of the hill, the old church and old village built tightly behind the village ramparts form a unique and complete site that tell of the Middle Ages up to the Renaissance. |
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