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On Ascension day 1243 a French army led by Hugh of Arcis started the siege of the Montségur Castle an inpenetrable fortress, perched on a 1,100 meters high rock. It was the apotheosis of what is today know as the Albigensean Crusade. At the botto...
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...
It is probable that whatever Saunière discovered had to do with the ancient crypt beneath his church. When he first arrived in Rennes-le-Château in 1885, the entrances had been sealed off for over a century. Most likely by his 100 year predecess...
Horizontal Tombstone of Marie de Nègre d'Ables Also called the Arcadia stone. Transcription of the horizontal tombstone of Marie de Nègre d'Ables, Dame d'Hautpoul, Marquise de Blanchefort +17/01/1781. De engraving is believed to have been commis...
Montazels is a small village overlooking Espéraza, facing Rennes-le-Château. Saunière's father Joseph Saunière was Mayor of the village and Manager of the Household of the Marquis de Cazemajou, who inhabited a village Château some one hundred...
On the western wall of the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Saunière had an enormous fresco installed. It's colorfulness and richness adds much to the character of the church that has been described by many a researcher as gaudy or kitsch. The fre...
From Rags to Richess At the end of the 19th century, Bérenger Saunière, the poor parish priest of Rennes-le-Château, all of a sudden started spending a lot more money then he could ever have earned performing his normal duties....
Engraving in the Marble Bass Relief of the 'Shepherds Monument' at Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, England The monument was commissioned in 1748 by Admiral George 1st Baron Anson. The engraving, is in fact, an inverted copy of Nicolas P...
The first three videos are the original BBC Chronicle documentaries that introduced the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau to a global audience. It eventually led to the publishing of the worldwide bestseller Holy Blood, Holy Grail. [fvplayer src="http:...
Many of current lines of Rennes-le-Château research end in or at least touch upon the Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Marceille in Limoux. A look into its history at least confirms that clergy and laymen fought over its control through the ages. In 19...
In 1995, French researcher André Douzet discovered a topographical model of the Holy Places from the beginning of the 20th century. In an envelope, taped to the bottom of the model he found a number of letters and specifications, allegedly wri...
Handwritten document, found in Nothern Spain in 2003. It probably originates from the early 1800s. It is compiled in Latin and divided into twenty-two quatrains, each one starting with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It mentions 'Rheda' (the old ...
The ruins of this castle, close to those of the Château-de-Bézu lie on the D14 between Rennes-les-Bains and Bugarach. Its connection to the mystery of Rennes-le-Château comes from Jules verne. In his book Clovis Dardentor, he mentions that what...
The story of Daniel Bettex is, interwoven with the mountain of Bugarach. Bettex, was a Swiss security officer at Geneva airport during his professional life. In his free time he researched the Medieval Cathar tragedy. Bettex was in close contact...
Impressive and well-preserved fortification close to Perillos, built in 1497 by Ferdinand the Catholic of Aragon. After the Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed, it came into French hands and was the home of Vauban. The castle, and the route it prot...
Around 1420, a rich Belgian merchant by name of Joost Vijd commisioned an altar piece displaying the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. The order was given to Flemish master Hubert van Eyck. After his death in 1426, the painting was finished by his fam...
In 1991, Henry Lincoln published his book the Holy Place. Many years of deeper and deeper research had led him to believe that almost everyhting that was presented by anyone as evidence in the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, was either impossible t...
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. ...
The locations associated with the mystery of Rennes-le-Château can be found in the French Languedoc-Roussillon area. Roughly the area is marked by the city of Carcassonne in the North, the Pyrenees in the South and Perpignan on the Eastern perime...
Abbé Antoine Bigou (1719-1794) Saunière's predecessor as prête of Rennes-le-Château from 1776 to 1792. Bigou was the priest and confidant of the family Hautpoul de Blanchefort. On her deathbed, Marie de Blanchefort, allegedly confided her...