Aguilar Castle – Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel loop from Nouvelle

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Aguilar Castle – Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel loop from Nouvelle

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Aguilar Castle – Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel loop from Nouvelle

07:26

25.1km

690m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional Corbières-Fenouillèdes

Waypoints

Start point

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1.41 km

Col du Barrou

Mountain Pass

5.80 km

Col de l'Ière

Mountain Pass

13.8 km

Aguilar Castle

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The castle of Aguilar raises its ruins on a modest hillock 300 meters above sea level, overlooking the vineyards and the eastern Corbières, near Tuchan in the Aude. Built between …

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Picnic area under the olive tree

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Shady rest area with beautiful views of the Château d’Aguilar.

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17.1 km

The Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel is a small Neo-Gothic style building built in 1840. It succeeded an old oratory located outside the ramparts, already mentioned during the Aragonese incursion of 1495. A …

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17.4 km

Old olive oil mill

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25.1 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

9.36 km

4.30 km

373 m

Surfaces

11.6 km

7.23 km

5.16 km

926 m

160 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Monday 2 November

13°C

5°C

11 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

September 14, 2025,Sentier Cathare🇫🇷 Von Embres-et-Castelmaure nach Tuchan (Département Aude, région Occitanie)

The final, strenuous climb to Château d'Aguilar was well worth it. The view is fantastic 🤩! We also learned a lot about the castle's history. The name of the castle ruins is derived from the Latin "aquila," meaning eagle 🦅. After the Albigensian Crusade, the former Cathar castle belonged to the French king, who then returned it to the knight …

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