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Dans le Lot-et-Garonne, ce film fait découvrir l’imposant et imprenable château de Bonaguil, dont même Lawrence d’Arabie est tombé amoureux. En Gironde, le mondialement connu village de Saint-Emilion ouvre ses portes. En Haute Garonne, visite très privée de la Cathédrale de Rieux-Volvestre.
Pour accompagner le téléspectateur dans ces découvertes savoureuses et authentiques, des passionnés, pour qui l’histoire et les traditions de leur terroir sont des biens inestimables.

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You like France you like to explore it discover it go meet it you sometimes even have the impression of knowing it well we all have a small beach a small cove a clearing a hamlet or a path that belongs only to us far away off the beaten track

And which we only want to share with those we love, it is this France that we want to help you discover through 100 places that you absolutely must see in your life embark embark and you will see the South-West and its wonders cathedral castle bastide of

Perigor in Tarne nestles the most beautiful monuments of this region where life is good in Lot et Garon you will discover the imposing and impregnable castle of Bonaguille the castle of Bonaguille we cannot come to it tgaran without visiting it is not possible

I the most beautiful fortified castle in the world with which even Laurence Darabi fell in love to such an extent that he wrote a very small telegram to his little friend from Chor to fumelle for good splendid stop almost not demolished stop don’t forget to visit stop in Gironde the world-famous

Village of Saint-Emilon will open its doors to you so you know where these pebbles come from no it ‘s not local that no it’s not local it comes from the beaches of England when trade with

The English was quite intense in the Middle Ages and in ha Garon you will have the right to a very private visit to the cathedral of rie Volvestre it is really behind the scenes of the cathedral where no one

Is the domain of the chauouris to accompany you in these tasty and authentic discoveries of enthusiasts for whom the history and traditions of their land are invaluable assets here we are on the Padan steps and it is always moving to say that finally the catars

For more than 40 years have necessarily taken this path there embark embark and you will see the South-West as you have never seen it and with the smile of those who live there it is the champisé of M that you see from here it makes quite the view is nice anyway seeing

From here it is with the color green that we begin our journey to the north of Périgor about thirty kilometers from Périgueux the bocage is punctuated with light chains and chestnut trees this majestic gradient of color shelters the wildest part

Of the region this landscape Denis Bourgin fell in love with it after traveling the world it is here that 20 years ago he chose to become a castanéiculturist but the time to guide us through the meanders of Perigor green Denis agreed to leave his

Châignera and for him it is in the western part of the region in the heart of a hilly landscape that the most emblematic building is hidden, the Château de Jumillac looks like a fairy tale in this ancient medieval fortress remnant over

The centuries Denis will go from surprise to surprise behind the schist and slate hides a secret that the owner of the place discovered after 30 long years of research hello hello What a beautiful castle amazing architecture yeah it is in the State since the 12th

Century for the old castle until the 17th for the wings it has been yours for a long time it turns out in fact that it has been in the family since 1579 that is to say the year when my direct ancestor

Antoine Chapel married the heiress of de Jumillac okay so Antoine Chapel he had something quite astonishing he was wrong in what was a somewhat particular science at the time, that is to say the alchemy according to Henri de la Tour du Pain his castle would be full of clues

To the secrets of the philosopher’s stone on the roof bristling with allegorical figures throne of thistles emblem of the alchemists inside among the sumptuous salons mysterious room would reveal the strange quest that his ancestor led in the 16th century we enter here in one

Of the oldest buildings of the castle we also have on the ground its paving which is the original paving a little rustic but this is explained since we we are in the lower room and which is a living room a living room where everyone is welcomed so the pilgrim the visitor

Who asked for hospitality was received here but the particularity of the room is that the person who was a little initiated could discover a message there a message hidden in the fireplace the plaque would prove that Antoine Chapelle knew how to bring together the three ingredients

Necessary for the manufacture of this stone capable of changing lead into gold but also of offering eternal life a mysterious recipe which would require heating the components three times and 30 years of research we have a cross which crosses triangle and which has its own

Alchemical meaning that is to say that the cross for alchemists even in religion it is a symbol of purification or the foot of the cross having crossed this triangle or the person the visitor who was here and who saw this was able to discover and although

Antoine Chapel had already arrived at the second phase of heating like Denis today the visitor was then led by the Count of Jumiac into what was once a secret laboratory so Denis we now arrive precisely in the alchemist’s entrance what is known as

The spinner’s room this room has a particularity is that it was entirely covered with frescoes and during its restoration we were able to save some of them and in particular this one on this somewhat naive fresco there is no doubt in Henry de la Tour

Du Pin that the continuation of the message of his ancestor is drawn here next to a yellow duck and a lion which resembles a dog there is a yellow cross attention uninitiated be attentive so from the top of the Cross we see descending here an RZ of light another symmetrical one more visible

To the right and if we draw a horizontal between the two well we obtain a triangle when the cross of the cross is in the center of the triangle we have the symbolism of the very heating phase

That Antoine chapel my ancestor yes found the philosopher’s stone and he did not transmit it to you he did not transmit it to me and then I will not tell you not if I found it or not it is

Part of the alchemical mysteries whether you are in love with old stone or an amateur alchemist do not hesitate to open the doors of Jumillac its owner is eager to share his secrets then take the road south to cross this wine region and in particular the spages

Of montpazillac a path which will take you directly to one of the most beautiful villages in France montpazier a unique place corore will make you discover in the company of Myriam hello hello how are you how are you and you built in the 13th century this bastide was

The property of the kings of England and France its place made up of a quadrilateral of 40 m/48 is remarkable and is the pride of the Montpasiierrois and Montpasierrois the houses are really trading houses and therefore here it was unpacked their goods

Under the corners you really have to imagine that it was full of merchants especially on market days so it was shouting there was there was a lot of noise and so it’s funny we notice that the houses are not stuck together is it done on purpose yes

Absolutely the space we have right there in fact it’s called an Androne it measures between 30 and 40 cm and it theoretically served as a firebreak so really theoretically since at the inside they used it mainly to pile up garbage and in addition they had nice latrines attached to it

So it was a very spicy smell since it was only cleaned on days of heavy rain stronghold of commerce in the region reputation of montpazier is mainly due to the magnificent market hall which sits in the middle of the wonderfully preserved village square it

Still bears the traces of the exchanges which took place here on market days these are grain measures we came to use them when we came to sell cereals for example we used either that of four or eight bushels since the Boissau was the measure of the time a Boissau

Is roughly equal to 12 l dem the other remarkable thing about this market well c ‘is the wood obviously it is the original wood so if it is so well preserved it is because they used chestnut is a wood which secretes a tannin which rejects insects so here we have no spider web

And so they used the technique of soaked wood this makes the wood completely imput very target so the soaked wood we leave it how it’s happening here in fact we let it soak for around forty years we dry it for around thirty years to finally be able to

Use it and and be able to look at it again from our side a construction is planned the Bastide has retained its character and its exceptional architecture in the 13th century it is a new town with a perfect octagonal layout, a very structured town planning organized into several types of roads

And alleys called caréou then the particularity is that the richest walked in the main streets but that the poorest only had to use the square wheels for their transportation so here it was very complicated since as there is very little garden ultimately we stored

In the square wheels everything that did not fit into the houses so here we were going to find chickens pigs straw they also had the andrones so with the latrines which came dry here nice so they had found a little solution in terms of hygiene there was

We can still see the trace of a single channel that he passed completely in the middle of the edge the edges were a little raised and as a result we walked on the sides hence the expression

I don’t know it but you’re going to tell me hold the top of the block there we understand the top of the block better now the bastide of montpazier has held it since 1991 among the most beautiful villages in France of the 300 bastides in the region this authentic medieval jewel is absolutely

Unmissable our discovery of the most beautiful monuments of the South-West now takes us to Gironde and to find the one that goes accompany us meet about fifty kilometers from Bordeaux in bla a city which is home to one of the most spectacular constructions of vauan the citadel éise barconnière who works at the

Tourist office of bla is passionate about the history of his region but she chose to take us a few kilometers further south in the middle of the sea inlet in Saint-Émilion hello hello Alice you are fine yes éise joins Nathalie guide for a visit full of history it’s not easy

To walk to saintémilionah yes there with these little pebbles so you know where these Gal come from no but it’s not local that no no it’s not local it comes from the beaches of England when

Trade with the English was quite intense in the Middle Ages -Age you know well that the English presence is evident in other regions and the boats left with the barrels filled with wine and went towards England the pebbles were used from the East to the boat which returned empty and had to

Stabilize the boats on the ocean just 30 km from Bordeaux Saint-Émilon has been known since the Middle Ages for its pilgrimages, its beverage and its limestone the village owes its name to Émilion, a Breton monk from the th century, so it is quite natural at the Hermitage that Nathalie

Takes Élise so here we are in the Hermitage d’émilon it is the oldest monument in the village and it is in fact the house of the lesser d’émilion when he settled here in 8th century Emilonus the hermit founder of the city settled in a natural cave near the village

To pray he died in 767 after spending the last 17 years of his life in this hermitage if we approach the baluster we can see behind the water from an underground spring which allowed Émilon to drink why not wash himself like that the children like to

Believe that not me and above all to baptize the local population and miraculous water since it would have restored sight to a blind woman by putting water from this source on her eyes and here a very important element the meditation chair Emilon was a hermit he lived alone

In prayer and meditation and today we attribute other virtues of this chair we call it the chair of fertility so it is said that if a woman does not manage to having a child she sits on the seat and makes the wish to have a child she will become

Pregnant in the following months so if you wish to have a child within the year I invite you to sit on the seat and make the wish to have a child not this year no it’s good Nathalie now leads Élise to another architectural gem the monolithic church it

Is an underground religious building dug between the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century in gigantic proportions 38 m long and 20 m wide there is the bell tower which is just above so the well that you see on the barrel vault which is slightly off-center

From the center of the vault and this bell tower is therefore very poorly distributed in terms of weight on the different pillars and it is a weight which is estimated at approximately 4000 4500 tonnes we like to tell the children 750 elephants you imagine these elephants above so that has consequences

On the limestone so to consolidate the pillars we installed in 2002 four most impressive iron corsets because the weight of the bell tower poses a problem in the face of wear of the limestone but this is not the only concern if I remember well there was a problem

Also identified with the water which rose in the quite the water by crossing and also going up from the underground sources will create passages and weaken the limestone and it was decorated this church you have to imagine a lot of colors unfortunately

With the humidity the paintings have degraded with the development of bond moss we closed the old openings to avoid too much light and the development of saltpeter in particular which is a ingredients to make gunpowder and at the time of the

Revolution we came to scrape the walls of the church to collect the saltpeter and therefore we damaged the paintings due to its fragility the largest monolithic church in Europe was revealed only by appointment we suggest you linger there the place full

Of anecdote we are just above three arches it is the Church it is exactly it is the underground church we are just above of this church entirely dug into the limestone rock and we are at the foot of the bell tower beautiful point of view it is the most beautiful point of view

We have on the village of Saint-Émilion with the very particular landscape that we find here well yes we have this shape there in a semi-circle quite we call it a valley dug naturally by erosion and from here we have a beautiful view of the vineyard

Around the valley of the Dordogne the cotau and the village of Saint-Milon we leave this stone jewel set in a vineyard setting to head towards other monuments as majestic as they are imposing, the medieval fortresses the South-West is full of them, this is the case in a neighboring department where beauty

Natural and gastronomy come together to create a paradise of serenity, Lot et Garonne is Gautier, a tourism reporter who will make us fully appreciate this sweetness of life, he knows every square centimeter of his territory like the back of his hand

, and in particular the Bonaguille castle one of the last castles built at the dawn of the Renaissance where he worked for 2 years with Antoine how are you Gautier are you doing well and you are doing well nice to come back listen I’m glad to see you it’s your

Final castle I don’t know but I like coming here all my friends the castle of Bonagu we can’t come without visiting it it’s not I think you’re right the most beautiful castle in the world Antoine has been an ardent defender of Bonagille since 37 years he watches over this

Castle, completely remodeled by the powerful local lord Bérange de Roquefeuille at the end of the 15th century, its state of conservation is impressive despite everything, certain parts have been entirely restored to allow visitors to better understand its

History so it is here that you have restored a pont leev then one of the se PS the VI you remember that Béranger still had se P the VI in his castle not a single step tr 7 and why 7 already al 7 because because he plays it he plays it everywhere in

B very big tour we leev about forty rooms in all in fact you know the word it’s for the watch yes of course you the Monstar s eyes full of sight because Bérangé de Roquefeuille was not just anyone close to Louis 11

He was 30 times baron owned around forty fiefdoms and around twenty Chau tomag and its walls 4 m thick was certainly the most representative of its power so here we are on the keep which has this rather particular shape yes yes it

Looks like a boat it’s what we call a beaked keep it’s very very rare in France and so you you will have understood it is not to look good it is quite simply for military reasons this castle of Bonaguille had the reputation of being impregnable it must be said that Béranger

De Roquefeuil who was part of a large family of artillerymen built his castle as a model of the kind this fortress has never been besieged it’s almost a shame because we would have liked to know if it was that impregnated then yes you are right the

Defensive system is the latest trend here we are with the systematization of the ARM artillery fire ber he is a gentleman Ferrier yes he is a cannon dealer yes and he is crazy about artillery so he made

His castle a place of experimentation which was unthinkable in theory it would have been necessary seeing him at work a defense system which has long commanded the admiration of all one of them extremely famous was particularly impressed when he passed here more than a hundred years ago

This young English man in 1908 who studies the history of art at Oxford archeology soon he is doing a state thesis on superb castles besides this young man you know him is Thomas Édouard Laurence known as the name of Laurence Zarabi fascinated by the place to

The point that he wrote a very short telegram to his little friend that I quote to you it is very short from Chor to fumelle for good splendid stop almost not desmolit stop don’t forget to visit stop Château de Bonaguile stop unmissable in Lot et Garonne

Stop no need for a telegram to continue this journey a little further east in the heart of Gascony to admire the spend said valley landscape of the Gerse rural department The Gers can be proud of being home to some of the most beautiful villages in France where time seems to stand still.

To explore the charms of this authentic countryside, we called on Bruno, a geographer who loves s escape by bicycle to contemplate the sumptuous Gascon panorama and according to him it is in Hoch that one of the most exemplary buildings in the history of this

Region is located, completed at the end of the 17th century, the Sainte-Mie cathedral is the one of the last Gothic monuments built in France Elsa guide speaker at H will reveal its secrets to us when you enter this cathedral what is your first impression well listen we are not

Notre Dame de Paris but it almost looks like yeah it there is a bit of that you are right the Magnific it is it is it is it imposes exactly it is a Gothic and Renaissance cathedral it is a

Cathedral it took 200 years to build it so there are both so we will find here this completely Gothic nave which rises very high into the sky which lets the light in and then there is baroque style furniture but it contrasts completely with

This Gothic architecture which is quite imposing in the whole of the building is because it was built over time so it ultimately has the construction to go through several eras and therefore we will find several styles exactly the contrast between the Gothic and Renaissance styles is

Particularly noticeable on the 18 stained glass windows impressive realism dating from the 16th century we owe them to a master glassmaker with exceptional talent Arnaud demolle in fact these are paintings there are lots of colors and lots of details it is really a

Remarkable work exactly you do well to compare to a painting because it is painting on glass in fact the ARD of stained glass and here the master glassmaker has abounded with ideas as much to represent these faces which are all different as much to represent the architectures behind

The characters which are all different to represent all the small details of the clothes, the folds, the embroidery, the jewelry, it’s very, very ornamented and very, very rich and we never tire of observing them because each time we find something different another masterpiece renowned for the richness of this woodwork and especially the

Profusion of details of its sculptures it is of course the heart of the Sainte-Mie cathedral wow so here we arrive in the heart but you already know the place it seems to me yes but it is always so impressive to enter this really very singular place I

Think it is because it is very small inside this great cathedral we have the impression suddenly to suffocate a little bit, there are so many things, there are so many details, these hundreds of chain stalls prove that the people refused nothing to make

The Gascon faith shine, the fellow cabinetmakers patiently carved more than 1500 characters but there are two Stales which seem to be very different from the others yes because there is one which was specifically reserved for the great patron of the cathedral, that is to say

The archbishop therefore the archbishop took place here for prayer and then right next to it and right next to it there is another all so we are not going to seat just anyone here it is the only secular person who has the

Right to enter it is the king of France he is the king of France and there is a king of France who came and yes and not just any one the biggest the most beautiful the most luminous then the

Sun king that’s Louis XIV he settled down right here a priori when he was going to get married in Saint-Jean de lu he made a little alte in Hoche he came to meditate here before getting married exactly no doubt that his visit to hoch must have filled Louis XIV with happiness

That the ‘we guess dazzled by the talent of Gascon architects and craftsmen and like him after a stop at Hoch we are going to head towards the Paysbasque etallier Saint-Jean deeluse Louis XIV married Marie Thérèse the Infanta of Spain there but

Today it is its beaches, its fine sand and its fishing port which make its reputation ; the traditions and preserved authenticity of this pretty village have always seduced travelers and Sébastien, a native of the country born here 41 years ago, will show us a emblematic places

Of the region so I was born here I would leave for nothing in the world because we have a great living environment there are lots of things to do it’s never the same there is the beach

There there is the mountain it is really a superb place to live and very popular I think on Tor and for what by the Basque step welcome to everyone you have to follow the steep cliffs of the Basque corniche to reach the Pointe Saint -Anne the Château

D’Abadia, a pure jewel of neo-Gothic AR, was built between 1864 and 1879 at the request of Antoine d’badi, an unusual scholar for his time, dedicated to geography, astronomy and oriental culture. to know everything about this monument Sébastien can count

On Viviane, a doctor in art history and knowledgeable about the history of the castle and its owner, so welcome to the Château d’Abadia, Château d’Antoine d’Abadi, it’s magnificent Antoine dabadi was a scientific explorer who wanted to bring together

His travel memories in his home so I invite you to go up to the first floor to admire the paintings which represent scenes from Ethiopian life in the 19th century scientific explorer Antoine dabadi was deeply marked by an 11-year stay in Ethiopia which

Allowed him to deepen his knowledge of a then little-known territory. These astonishing illustrations clearly reflect the impact felt by this insatiable precursor here Antoine dabadi delivers a real ethnographic counter-rendering with for example here the women at work

Also a scene of reception at the chief’s house the Parliament of the tribe in Romo it is texts which correspond to the painting or there are inscriptions in cheerful character it that is to say the Ethiopian liturgical and intellectual language and indeed these are

The legends of the paintings which are just above and they were composed by Antoine dabadi himself a decoration which invites travel and exoticism but this Château du Commun was above all a place of work as evidenced by this superb

Wooden library spread over two levels, it housed around 10,000 works during the time of its owner including 300 Ethiopian manuscripts brought back from his expeditions what motivated all these trips to Ethiopia then Antoine d’bad had a childhood dream

Because he read the stories of the Scottish explorer James Bruce he wanted to discover the sources of the Nile a quest which was current at the time and it is for this reason that he was traveled to Ethiopia according to explorer ethnologist and geographer Antoine Dabadi was

Also an astronomer and member of the Academy of Sciences thus in the north wing of the castle a room entirely dedicated to the study of the stars a sober room completely different from the rest of the house in his astronomical observatory and he had this telescope built

So here we could open all the shutters using a system of counterweights which allowed him to simply observe the sky the position of the castle was still strategic so in fact it is even a very important question since it was the Observatory itself which defined

The location and orientation of the castle it is only for the time it still remains a quite exceptional place indeed because it is an eclectic castle there is something for all tastes for those who like travel those who like science those who like

To dream with orientalist universes also with the fashions of the 19th century which is a century of modernity and discovery Antoine Dabadi died in 1897 but his observatory survived him until 1975, this visionary genius having bequeathed his castle to the Academy of Sciences

Far from the Basque coast and the image of postcard in red and white colors attached to the region let’s now head towards the interior of the country and the historic heart of the province of Soule Moléon built on the banks of the Gaveave this charming town has

Origins dating back to medieval times but Moléon is above all considerably developed in the 19th century thanks to the establishment of the espaderille industry Claire, stay advisor at the tourist office is a Soutine pure sououche what better way to discover the riches of its

Province we are not in the clichés of the Bascansou country we are not red tiled roofs it is atypical it is a small territory with its language apart from its architecture which is different there is a field called gouré Shibo chokuan That basically means it’s our little

Corner of Soule which is a little far from everything but in fact there is already everything so you don’t want to leave for Claire the first thing to see when you arrive at Moléon is her castle fort from the 9th century which overlooks the

City an opinion that she shares with Joël her former history teacher helloine gastouan CLIRE welcome to the Château Fort de Monléon how are you very well and you too very good and so I came all the way ‘here to learn a little more about the role

That the castle actually played in relation to the city and our little little province then the castle well it is the castle of the Vicontes of Soule so obviously from the chief to the Middle Ages of

This entire Basque province of Soule and therefore he had this castle built above the town from the 12th century on a castle mote so we piled up earth creating these moats and this land we therefore built this building first in wood then later in stone okay

Well, we’re going to take a look inside over the centuries, this Châteaufort was the scene of numerous fire conflicts and looting of all kinds, it was even partly dismantled in the 17th century, but if you take this walkway you can only appreciate this magnificent

Panorama look at this beautiful view it’s the fields élsé de Méon made when you when you see it from here it’s quite the view is nice all the same seeing from here and in the background over there

So the hills here we can say of Moléon that it is Moléon is a town in the countryside look at all these green spaces and it is precisely there where perhaps the shepherds on these hills who had the possibility of ‘to call from one hill to another by

The loud cry ca or irinina which ultimately would be the ancestor of the mobile phone already by means… okay he has no problem with the network actually all you have to do is yell once and everyone understood what was happening what exactly put his little one down and that’s fine like that

Ok Moléon don’t be surprised if the architecture of the houses doesn’t look like the one in red wood that we can see in everything else from the Basque Country Joë who knows the history has an

Explanation on this subject I present to you here clearly so MAOL gag the upper town which is therefore at the foot of the Châteaufort and therefore obviously a town on height a fortified town you see with its

Low walls which allows you to protect yourself between all these houses which are quite the style of the house under the Tine the Basque mountain house and while it is found very well with therefore the ground floor with the carriage doors like that with arcades where animals could be brought in

At the beginning of the 19th century Moléon launched into the artisanal production of espaderille and so it grew the inhabitants of these bourgeois houses left to settle in the brand new lower town thus leaving their accommodation to the numerous Spanish immigrants and Portuguese came

To reinforce the workforce and in these houses we did very well but 20 people who had several apartments here and who stood in front of the house with an easel to sew the espadrilles Bou et heel or Bou et heel it’s simply it wasn’t really the act of

Sewing the espadrille all along it was doing it to do that ah yeah to do this part precisely so of the then we said beautiful and heel because we were making it Toe to heel ok so in fact she was sewing the whole espadr here and on a small

Easel and there and then there was a certain conviviality so they spoke Basque they spoke Spanish they will even speak Portuguese in certain neighborhoods like that it’s is V that the Hauteville district is a bit of a small village in the city which in fact it is this side which is quite

Nice the friendly side Moléon will experience its true golden age in the 20th century the city will develop thanks to at this river the Gave it is the very beginning of industrialization Moléon is transformed and modernized more quickly than the other towns of the department

To the great pride of its inhabitants and of Joë obviously montléon is the first electrifying town of 191 for the factories as well as 50 electric lamps which are installed all along the rue Victor Hugo while Paris for example still used gas burners and Nura electricity only 10 years

Later strong of this heritage still today Moléon and the world reference for all fans of the legendary espaderille but the region still conceals many other treasures let’s now head east towards the Haute Garonne 45 km from Toulouse to R Volvestre here lives and that cannot be invented Sonia Rilleux

, native of Toulouse, this artist likes to sing songs in the village square, we are funny at large, her guide friend Marion is never far away and the two accomplices will share the nuggets of their village harie Volvestre everything is the sweetness

Of living half-timbered stone wall and heavy wooden door give it all its charm, so you see it leans slightly in this direction but it owes its reputation to its cathedral Sainte-Marie we access it by crossing the jou bridge which spans the rise do you know

Sonia how many cathedrals there are in hgaron there are three yes there are only three cathedrals in hgaron and the particularity of the our is that it has its feet in the water in the rise

Since its foundation in the 14th century and the bell tower leans ah yes it’s not the tower of Pisa yet but it leans slightly precisely because the cathedral has its feet in the river and that for 700 years the ground has nevertheless moved slightly and inevitably the bell tower leans with it being

A fortified church then the cathedral is fortified yes because it is specific to the southern Gothic style which had such a defensive style and above all in Rieux where the cathedral is

At the entrance to the city where it had a role in protecting the city we are going to climb the bell tower yes but not right away I would like to show you two or three things in the cathedral which

Still steal the detour ah yes who says bishop chanoan says treasure and yes we have an episcopal treasure in the cathedral sonia is well documented in classified cabinets from the 14th century the cathedral of Sainte-Marie houses a collection of liturgical ornaments and an incredible reliquire bust

So it is the bust that’s it it’s the patron saint of the town of rie it’s in silver yes yes it’s made with 5 kg of silver plate it’s the bus that has the most value in the room or been stolen once no it was stolen but officially during the French Revolution to

Be melted down and sent to the Hôtel des Monnées it was the law after the French Revolution except that the inhabitants were so attached that they bought this bust back in the state to recover it al

Here it is after I showed you the most beautiful piece of furniture in the room another wonder a Chapier with drawer before where the embroidered vestments of the bishops are kept yes you should know that it was necessary to preserve

The vestments as best as possible we couldn’t wash them like today the steam generator didn’t exist but it’s gold thread, it’s gold thread so you really had to lay the garment completely flat to prevent it doesn’t crease or tear it’s silk

It’s gold it’s stones like you have here yes and we keep one in each drawer it’s really the shape of the garment one dressing room in reverse come on let’s go let’s go for adventure or there it’s climbing we change the atmosphere another beauty of this cathedral is

The 14th century bell tower which rises to an altitude of 43 m c it’s really the backstage of the cathedral where no one goes, the domain of the Chau Souris a perilous climb for the two friends who know

Well that once at the top they will be rewarded last not to get their feet caught in the dress that was the residence summer of the bishops ah it’s crazy it’s magnificent the view of the Pyrenees it’s really a privilege to be up there to end with that it’s absolutely brilliant

The apotheosis leaving clear maybe Sonia and Marion could even see the foothills of the Ariège Mountain before the last stage of our journey nestled at the foot of the Tab massif this region has cultivated its impressive medieval heritage native to the region Jean-Luc Thorésias is an unconditional fan of this wild nature

I am in love who clear the countries behind are discovered they are won that is to say that you have to go and get them because they are not given like that it is full of little corners and

Sometimes it is not marked on the cards so that is what happens win what is won it is here that stands the castle of montségure placed on a rock python at 1200 m altitude for this ascent towards the history of Catarism he joins his guide friend at the castle Fabrice

Chambon really my segure at this level it marks a turning point I believe that up there for 40 years yet while we are in the middle of a period of war it is perhaps one of the rare moments when the Catars will experience a real period of peace mongure it is

Important because ‘we have a life a long life Qatar on this site which really marked the mounts refuge of the hierarchy Qatar these dissident Christians put to flight by the crusade and the royal power in 1243 the castle of Montségur always fascinates here we are on the steps

Cut in padane these steps were designed so that the mounts could climb up to at the top of the mountain and it’s always moving to say that well ultimately the catars for more than 40 years necessarily took this path where several excavation sites

Were undertaken over the years and allowed archaeologists to reconstruct the unfolding of the last months of the siege of 1244 there we find in front of these walls which are dry stone walls and which correspond to the chican in fact which made it possible to protect access to the

Castrom on this south face it is against these walls that the crusaders broke their noses for several months they have not passed it is more than 800 years old they have not passed this quite completely but make no mistake the ruins of the castle of montségure T which we the ones

Seen today are not those of the bastide they are those of the fortress rebuilt by the crusaders and the lieutenant of the king of France guide de lvis to defend the border with Spain in the second half of the 13th century I say still that it is the castle of the

Winners we re-establish a new symbol we raze all the buildings that were inside this castroom from the time of the Qatar era and on the remains once razed and well the winners will come and rebuild a new fortification which is the symbol of the new authority which

Is the castle that we see today and that 800 years later basically all visitors take for the famous Qatari castle but not me what I suggest to you that you finally leave this crossing castle and go see the real veses from the Qatar period because these remains

Do exist near the castle the old village of the katars the castrum the Qatar village it is there it is there in any case this is the part that has been excavated for the moment we are in front of probably the last vestiges of houses where catars lived well that there were

Up to 500 people on this mountain yes you have to imagine in fact the whole daily life of a village and a mountain village. Sitite lovers are impatiently waiting for other excavations to begin because Monségure has not yet revealed all its secrets. The

Legend around these walls are going well some imagine that the fabulous treasure of the catars would still be hidden today between Ariège and the Tarne the influence of the catars is phenomenal numerous are the monuments which carry the stigmata Albi is no exception to this rule city of character that we nickname Alb

La rouge because of the briquettes typical of the region has seen its historic center listed as a UNESCO world heritage site our guide Corine is an adopted Albigois who chose to present her city to us from the shore north of the Tarne a privileged point of view well known to the inhabitants

So here we are on the most beautiful panorama of Alv between the pon Noos and the pontu on the banks of the Tarne where we embrace all of Alb the episcopal city all the site classified as world heritage but also the whole

Old town which is behind us it is a very pleasant town to live in goes red it is also goes gently Albi is also home to the episcopal city architectural jewel located in the city center this ensemble is made up of the Sainte Cécile cathedral the point culminating in ALB and the

Berbie Palace, an imposing residence resembling a fortress, this episcopal city was born in the aftermath of the Albigensian Crusade which saw Catholics and Catars oppose each other in the region, the bishop of the time Bernard de Castenet was also vice inquisitor

Of the king. He intended to make this city a demonstration of the power of the church. When the bishop of Albi took power in the 13th century, he proclaimed himself Lord of Albi, so he had it built. an intramuros city firstly the palace which is just behind us

So part like a fortified castle in fact it is a fortified castle at the base it is there for him for his garrison and he also has the project of building the official response of the Catholic Church to heresia the cathedral c that’s what he wants to impress the catars to show

Catholic power that’s the cathedral in the shape of a fortress it’s the fortress of God for his fortress city the bishop sees big the imposing Sainte Cécile cathedral it’s the largest cathedral made of brick in the world a titanic construction site which will last for

Centuries the most surprising thing in this building is the contrast between its austere exterior appearance and the pictorial richness of its interior a fresco in particular attracts the crowds in what is remarkable here in this cathedral what people mainly come to see is this

Magnificent painting of the last judgment so it is a painting which was produced before 1480 by French artists who were inspired by the Flemish school and this painting has never been been restored but it is a painting which is more than 200 m square originally there

Is missing the whole center which was in fact destroyed later around the 18th century for which reason in fact we are going to open underneath a chapel and therefore the chapter will ask the bishop to be able to destroy this flat wall this central part mainly hosted Christ

Pantocrator and the archangel Saint-Michel and in its lower part the deadly sins are only six so we see there pride we see envy we see anger there is a lack of lappisse it is no longer a sin Albi there is also then there is avarice gluttony and

Lust laziness having therefore definitively left the list of sins capital, all you have to do is take the time to explore this South-West territory with its incomparable diversity