Travel Guide Azillanet

Azillanet: fertile land Between Aude and Cesse, Azillanet had already seduced the Romans by the fertility of its land Azillanet, perched at an altitude of 108 meters on a fertile hill, owes its name to Attila and the suffix "an". 405 Azillanet inhabitants live in this village located on the first foothills of the Causse, between Cesse and Aude. Its landscapes of vineyards and olive groves and its Mediterranean vegetation had already seduced the Romans. Since then, dry stone constructions have come to embellish its landscapes. In the heart of the Cathar country, the village will be besieged during the crusade against the Albigensians, torn by the wars of religion, then plundered during the Hundred Years War by the troops of the Black Prince. The old village was once fortified; the road to Minerve that passes through its heart leads to the Saint-Laurent church. Built in 1678, it is attached to the old fortress of Guillaume d'Azillanet.The Lion Fountain, an original work sculpted in the rock by Jean Buckart in the 19th century, is also part of the local heritage, as are the old washhouses and the horts, the village gardens.