Minervois Saint-Ponais Orb-Jaur

Occitanie

Minervois Saint-Ponais Orb-Jaur
This village was one of my other favorites in Southern France. It felt like I was like stepping onto a movie set's scene from the Great Crusades. The village and its citadel put up a valiant resistance to Simon de Montfort during a seven week siege in 1210. At the end of the siege Simon executed 140 Cathars by burning them at the stake for not renouncing their faith.
Cercis canadensis, aka Eastern Redbud tree
Hamlet of Ceps. Roquebrun, Hérault, France. Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park.
Jaur River in Olargues, Hérault, France.