Puycelsi overlooks the valley of the Vère and the majestic national forest of La Grésigne. It has managed to resist the ravages of time and the Albigensian crusade and has undergone a magnificent renaissance to delight visitors.
Prehistoric times, Celtic settlement, Roman occupation, Puycelsi has a millennia-long history which has left a few traces, in particular a Roman road and a number of oppida (settlements) in the nearby forest of Grésigne. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Counts of Toulouse who fortified it and turned it into a bastion to resist attack by both Simon and Amaury de Montfort...
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