15 results for "Magdala"
[caption id="attachment_4776" align="alignleft" width="2048"] Correspondence about the Tour Magdala between Saunière and his architect Tiburce Caminade of Limoux[/caption] In 1906, Saunière started construction of the Tour Magdala. T...
The number 22 appears to have a special significance in relation to Rennes-le-Château: - 22nd July is Mary Magdalene's Feast day - 22nd January 1917, Bérenger Saunière died - Tour Magdala and the garden are linked by 22 steps - Tour Magdala has...
In the summer of 2007, Hollywood icon Patrice Chaplin released her book City of Secrets. This book, which is actually an elaboration on her books Happy Hour and Albany Park, she introduced an angle of the Rennes-le-Château mystery that had s...
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...
[caption id="attachment_2510" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Saunière's Altar as it looked in the 1960s"][/caption] One of the first renovations Saunière undertook in his church was the replacement of the old altar. , This new alt...
Abbé François Bérenger Saunière (1852-1917) François Bérenger Saunière was born on 11th April 1852 in Montazels, a small village not far from Rennes-le-Château in the department of the Aude in...
The domain of Abbé Saunière and in fact the whole Mystery of Rennes-le-Château counts a , number of inversions and doubles. Here's an attempt to sum them up in random order. I am open to suggestions. On the large Fresco on the west wall of...
Elie Bot (1861-1947) Elie Bot was a local limonadier (soda-maker), mason and builder, from Luc-sur-Aude where he was also the mayor. He knew Saunière very well. It was Bot who did all the major building work for the priest including the renovati...
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...
1 Church of St. Mary Magdalene 2 Sacristie 3 Calvaire 4 Grotto 5 Reposoir 6 Cemetry Gate 7 Ossarium 8, Original tombs of Bérenger Saunière and Marie Dénarnaud 9 Notre Dame de Lourdes, jardin de Vierge 10 Presbytery 11 Villa Bethania 12 Hou...
Noel Corbu (1912-1968) Entrepeneur, Noel Corbu bought Saunière's property, from Marie Dénarnaud in 1945 after which she lived with the Corbu's for until her death in 1953. When Noel failed to find even a trace of treasure he transformed Villa ...
In France, a Reposoir (Viewing Room), was a place where the dead were laid to rest before the burial. The villagers could then visit them to pay them their last respects together before they were trusted to their graves. In the case of Rennes-le-...
The Stations of the Cross in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rennes-le-Château were installed in 1897. They were ordered from Giscard in Toulouse, apparently straight out of the catalogue. Read about the Giscard catalogue in this article. The...
Vertical Tombstone of Marie de Nègre d'Ables, Dame d'Hautpoul, Marquise de Blanchefort +17/01/1781. the vertical headstone of Marie de Nègre d'Ables as recorded by M. Elie Tisseyre in 1905 (left) a reproduction from the Museum in Rennes-le-Chât...
Links to the websites of Rennes-le-Château Researchers and Publicists Andrew Gough's Arcadia (UK) André Douzet (FR) Beauséant (NL) Ben Hammot (UK) Bill Kersey (UK) Christian Attard (FR) Christian Doumergue (FR) Daniel Dugès (FR) Dan Green (UK)...