Short video of exploring the castle of Beynac during a spring visit to Périgord. The Château was built in the 12th century by the barons of Beynac and stands on top of a cliff from which it dominates the town of Beynac and the northern bank of the Dordogne River. The region and the castle witnessed many human dramas throughout the centuries, including struggles for power between the English and the French who set on the opposing sides of the Dordogne river. Richard Cœur de Lion, king of England was a Baron of Beynac between 1189–1199. During the Albigensian Crusade the castle was under siege and its fortifications destroyed. The Crusade was a two decade campaign to eradicate the Cathars in Southern France, whose theology embodied earlier forms of Gnosticism. https://vimeo/107120323
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:52:21 +0000
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