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Romans, Christians and Saints
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From Lugdunum Convenarum to Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges: take a walk through religious evolution. romans-christians-and-saints.html
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Religious pearls of the Montagne Noire
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Discover a secret Protestant cemetery, a long-abandoned church, a bijou monastery reclaimed by the forest, and a rustic chapel which would be the perfect location for hobbits and wood elves if they were organising a wedding. religious-pearls-of-the-montagne-noire.html
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A black day for French Protestants
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On 16 October 1685, Louis XIV dispatched four companies of infantry to the town of Puylaurens, 45 kilometres to the east of Toulouse. Their mission? Demolish the Protestant temple and force the townsfolk to convert to Catholicism.a-black-day-for-french-protestants.html
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The Cathar Memorial at Les Cassès
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This windy promontory is an unforgettable place which you need to visit, or at least know about, if you have any interest in the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade. the-cathar-memorial-at-les-casses.html
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A rare memorial to the Wars of Religion: Soual remembers an assassination
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his calvary in Soual may be unremarkable at first sight, but it is highly unusual. It is the only memorial I have been able to find to those who died in the Wars of Religion (if you know of any others, please let me know!). And if the mairie hadn’t recently pinned a helpful sign to the iron railings, passers-by like me would have had no clue as to its importance. a-rare-memorial-to-the-wars-of-religion.html
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