Archive for the tag 'Rennes-Le- Chateau'
Filed under Art, Out & About
The Shepherd’s Monument
We are now going to go on a little detour from my French travels and Rennes-le-Chateau to a place more local to me, but which has a connection to yesterday’s post.
I mentioned that Sauniere had requested a copy of a painting from the Louvre. This is what the Cadogan Guide has to say about the [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2012
Filed under Carcassonne 2012, Heritage, Holidays
Ste-Marie-Madaleine
When Berengier Saunier was appointed priest of Rennes-le-Chateau the village and church were in a state of disrepair.
The tourist leaflet has the following to say about this little church of Dan Brown’s, Da Vinci Code fame:
In 1885 an unusual young priest arrived in the village, Berenger Sauniere. Over the next few years he created [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2012
Filed under Carcassonne 2012, Holidays
Pathway
This pathway runs past the Magdala Tower that is shown in my post yesterday.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2012
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 23rd 2012
All that you send into the lives of others comes back into your own.
Edwin Markham (1852- 1940)
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2012
