A Region Riddled with Dark Secrets Mark Smith Visits a Mysterious Village Where Rumours of Religious Persecution and Treasure Abound

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THE road to Rennesle-Chateau is a twisting and tortuous route that climbs through the high foothills of the French Pyrenees and often seems to defy gravity itself - not unlike the strange tale that has drawn mystics, treasure hunters and curious travellers here for almost a century.

For anyone who has read Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, with a sceptical eye or otherwise, or has enjoyed its blockbuster 1970s predecessor, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, a journey into Cathar country is an absolute must - if for no other reason than to see for yourself whether such mysteries really do exist.

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A Region Riddled with Dark Secrets Mark Smith Visits a Mysterious Village Where Rumours of Religious Persecution and Treasure Abound

While much of this area, deep in the nethermost regions of the Languedoc, is famed for its culinary alchemy and colossal vineyards, no traveller comes to Rennes-le-Chateau for the food or the wine. None the less, they come in evergreater droves after the massive success of the Da Vinci Code.

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