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According to Gérard de Sède in his book the Accursed Treasure of Rennes-le-Château, Saunière defaced the tombstones of the Marchioness de Blanchefort's grave after he had decoded them to erase any evidence of a treasure. What great fortune the...
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Uomo Universalis France mourned when Jean Cocteau died on 11 October 1963. In one blow, the country lost a great and internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and film maker. His fame began in his twenties and lasted until toda...
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Curé de Rennes-les-Bains and predecessor of Henri Boudet, as priest of Rennes-les-Bains. , According to Les Dossiers Secrets Jean Vié learned of Antoine Bigou's secret through Abbé François-Pierre Cauneille who had accompanied Bigou ...
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Jules Verne (1828-1905) In his books, the world famous writer of 20.000 leagues under the sea, appears to make references to Rennes-le-Château, it's mystery and the general area around the village, specifcally Mount Bugarach. Clovis Dardentor for...
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Called 'Dalle des Chevaliers' in French, this engraved stone is said to have been the cover stone of the crypt beneath the church at Rennes-le-Château. According to the legend, Saunière found it lying upside down and had it lifted by Adrien Marr...
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Abbé Louis de Coma (1822-1911) [caption id="attachment_5319" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] BOOM...the destruction of Carol. the cloud of smoke still visible on the bottom photo[/caption] It took two enormous dynamite explosions to level the M...
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French researcher Jacques Rivière, who unfortunately passed away in 2006, left us some of the most serious, books on the mystery of Rennes-le-Château as well as a, great many things to ponder. On of his most intriguing claims was, that, if th...
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In July 2011, a group of longtime French researchers fell out with eachother and in the slipstream published their research from recent years including what they thought was the location of the treasure of the Visigoths and the source of Saunière...
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Black rock outcropping along the road to Rennes-les-Bains coming from Coustaussa. The ancient silver and copper mines in this mountain top, opposite Blanchefort is dubbed 'le Roc Noir' (Black Rock). The location allegedly held the treasure chamber...
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In 1900, the municipal council of, Rennes-le-Château's approved Abbé Saunière's request to dig a caveau in the cemetery, to serve as the last resting place for him and all future village priests. Construction was started in 1901. The caveau c...
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Probably one of the most controversial aspects of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château is the legal battle that its chief protagonist, Bérenger Saunière played with Bishop de Beauséjour, for the better part of a decade. For sceptics, it has been u...
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St. Antoine / Notre Dame de Marceille, Limoux One of the enigma's surrounding the church of Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux. In 1670, François Charles Fouquet, bishop of Narbonne (and brother of Nicolas Fouquet, Treasurer under Louis XIV). comm...
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The pillar was on of two that supported the original altar in the church. The second pillar was long thought to have disappeared. It is known that it had no inscriptions (Jean-Luc Robin, Rennes-le-Château - Saunière's secret). Recently an almost...
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In 1967, for the first and last time since Saunière's days, research was done under the floor of the church. Jacques Cholet, a railway engineer from Paris got approval from the Rennes-le-Château Municipal Council on May 31, 1959 for "...
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Our colleagues from Grailseekers report a great discovery in the painting The Ideal Landscape by Nicolas Poussin. In this painting that was probably created by the artist between 1645 and 1650 we see a landscape with a great mountain in the back. ...
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Tombeau des Pontils This tomb, once situated close to Arques at a location called 'Les Pontils', bares a striking resemblance to the tomb in the second version of Nicolas Poussin's les Bergers d'Arcadie. The tomb is no longer there today. It was d...
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Tombstone of Jean Jacques Henri Boudet (Axat, Aude) Henri Boudet is buried in the cemetery of the town of Axat. The top of his tombstone reads "F A M I L L E S A P R E L L A B A T B O U D E T", indicating the tomb is a family grave containing mu...
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[caption id="attachment_6096" align="alignleft" width="225"] The Wooden Baluster at Rennes-le-Château[/caption] This wooden baluster (pillar) supported the original pulpit before Saunière started his restorations. In the top of this wooden pilla...