Summer in France - day 7: day of rest/the mystery of Rennes-le-Château
Tomorrow we move to a new region. There's nothing on the program today. We are going to read, enjoy the peace and quiet and especially do not rush.
But yesterday I was talking about the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. Now that I have some time, I'd like to go deeper into that.
The small village has not yet 100 inhabitants, but has been firmly on the map for centuries. It once had tens of thousands of inhabitants and was the capital of a province. It is strategically rather interesting: on top of a hill, with a very wide view.
The whole mystery revolves around Bérenger Saunière, who became village pastor at the end of the 19th century. He wanted to breathe new life into the church and started some renovation work. There were no large sums available, but at some point huge sums were spent on the works. The church was lavishly decorated, was given a full fence with on the corner a tower dedicated to Mary Magdalene and attached to it a lush estate.
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The whole mystery revolves around the question of where he suddenly got all that money.
