Cité Médiévale de Minerve
Clifftop Cathar village above a river gorge, besieged by crusaders and ringed by medieval walls.
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This guide to the medieval village of Minerve, near Carcassonne, is set in the summer of twelve-ten, when Cathar refugees sheltered on a rock above the Cesse gorge and Simon de Montfort's crusaders arrived below. It follows the siege, the lord who had to negotiate for his people, and the argument among the victors over what mercy should mean. Best heard at the edge of the village, looking down into the gorge.
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