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Les Bergers d'Arcadie (Et in Arcadia Ego) / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Painted by Nicolas Poussin between 1638 and 1640. Poussin is linked to the enigma of Rennes-le-Château like no other artist. According to Gérard de Sède in his book 'le...
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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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The Chapelle St. Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer was the first in a row of Chapels and Churches Jean Cocteau adorned with his characteristical man size murals. He created stained glas windows for the Church of St. Maximin in Metz, murals for the ch...
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[fvplayer src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXB3mfHeFIM"] In 1996, an episode of the BBC show Timewatch was dedicated to Paul Schellenberger's and Richard Andrew's book the Tomb of God. In this controversial book, the authors claimed that they ...
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The Holy Blood of Bruges-la-Morte [caption id="attachment_2331" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="City of Bruges, Belgium"][/caption] The epic poem Perceval, Le Conte du Graal launched the Holy Grail into Western literature. Written by Fren...
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[caption id="attachment_4661" align="alignleft" width="238"] Pope Innocent III who proclaimed the Albigensean Crusade in 1208[/caption] Wars between nations or faiths are commonplace. Sometimes, nations turn against a minority resident within thei...
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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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For the first time, this book is available to the English language audience. Marcus Williamson presents you The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes-les-Bains. In 1880, Abbé Henri Boudet of Rennes-les-Bains published a strange book...
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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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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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Was the body of Christ laid to rest in Southern France? [caption id="attachment_2173" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Image on a Reliquary kept in la Sainte-Baume (South of France). The boat carrying Mary Magdelene into Southern France is...
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During the last General Assembly of the Terre de Rhedae Association, chairman Antoine Captier presented an unknown photograph of 4, perhaps 5 key players in the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château. The photo was taken between 1895 and 1897 and was found...
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Jesus in the Tomb with his eyes opened, Eglise St. Michel. Espéraza After Abbé Jean Rivière took the final confession of Bérenger Saunière, he is said never to have smiled again. This story seems exaggerated. Fact is that Rivière made a rema...
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ET IN ARCADIA EGO The theme of a tomb and shepherds first featured in the Eclogues V by Virgil (70bc-19bc). In these poems,, a tomb with an inscription (to Daphnis) is described to be in the ideal landscape of Arcadia in ancient Greece. In 1502 t...
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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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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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[caption id="attachment_5110" align="alignleft" width="225"] Stèle funéraire de Nicolas Poussin à Rome, Vaudoyer, Léon (1803-1872)[/caption] Tomb of Nicolas Poussin, Basilica Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome Nicolas Poussin died in Rome in 1665 and was...
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Mary Magdalene, the Greatest Story Never Told guest article by Margaret Starbird In the wake of Dan Brown's record-breaking bestseller The Da Vinci Code, some insisted its plot was only fiction, while others were asking, 'What remains when the fic...
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Shrowded in mystery, myth and legend, the peak of Mount Bugarach majestically dominates the wider area around Rennes-le-Château. Calmly looking upwards to the sky, the face of this dormant volcano was once believed to have been given the facial f...