France 2009 > Southern France > Chateaux
This area of France was the home of the so called Cathar Heresy, as well as a stronghold of the Knights Templar. When they got too rich and powerful, the Pope and the King of France combined and launched the "Albigensian Crusade" and seized all their wealth and property and destroyed their castles.
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