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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...
In 1978, Henri Boudet's enigmatic (some say non-sensical) book The True Celtic Language and the Cromleck of Rennes-les-Bains was re-issued, including a preface by Pierre Plantard. Today Plantard's role in the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château is contr...
In the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, a special place is reserved for a firm called Giscard from Toulouse. Four generations of Giscards specialized in the manufacturing of religious ornaments. Giscard delivered almost all of the ornaments during S...
From Rags to Richess At the end of the 19th century, Bérenger Saunière, the poor parish priest of Rennes-le-Château, all of a sudden started spending a lot more money then he could ever have earned performing his normal duties....
Abbé Antoine Bigou (1719-1794) Saunière's predecessor as prête of Rennes-le-Château from 1776 to 1792. Bigou was the priest and confidant of the family Hautpoul de Blanchefort. On her deathbed, Marie de Blanchefort, allegedly confided her...
According to the resume Otto Rahn wrote for his SS entry dossier, he was born on 18 February 1904. Rahn's school history teacher Freiher von Gaul introduced him to the Grail romances and the stories of Parzival and Siegfried. He gained his Bachelo...
Extract of the, Guide de l'Aude administratif, judiciaire et commercial, the 1897 Yellow Pages, published in, Montpellier, in 1897 by the Société des Guides Méridionaux. The page shows the record for Rennes-le-Château. We learn that the vil...
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...
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)...
Also called Château d'Albedun or Albezun. This ruined castle on the 823 metre summit overlooking the village of St. Just-et-le-Bézu is part of the giant pentacle that Brithish author and researcher Henry Lincoln described in his book the Holy Pl...
It was Henry Lincoln, co-author of bestseller the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail who noticed that many of the sites that figure in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château have very precise geometric relations with eachother. Frustrated by the fact that t...
The locations associated with the mystery of Rennes-le-Château can be found in the French Languedoc-Roussillon area. Roughly the area is marked by the city of Carcassonne in the North, the Pyrenees in the South and Perpignan on the Eastern perime...
During his life, Saunière recorded much of his spending in his account books. 229,351 gold francs on his land, constructions, decorations etc. 465,000 gold francs in consumption during 10 years These are truly staggering amounts. An account...
[caption id="attachment_3530" align="alignleft" width="200"] Château de Niort, where Marie de Nègre was born[/caption] Dame Marie de Nègre d'Ables (1714-1781) Dame d'Hautpoul, d'Auxillon, et de Blanchefort. Widow of François d'Hautpoul-Rennes ...
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...
In the 10th century, the Visigoths were the first to build a fortication on the white rock opposite Mount Cardou. In 1125, the castle was signed over to the bishopric of Alet(-les-Bains) by its owner Bertrand de Blancafort (Blanchefort) who swore ...
It was in this Château in Rennes-le-Château that Sigebert IV, allegedly sought refuge in 681 after the assassination of his father Dagobert II. Situated of a natural network of faults and waterways in the mountain, it was the home of the seigneu...
[caption id="attachment_3412" align="alignleft" width="300"] Knights Templar guarding the True Cross at the Siege of Ascalon[/caption] The Knights Templar have been linked to the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château from the very beginning. Largely beacu...
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[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...