Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Vère

The "Château de Bruniquel" consists out of two castles actually, the older castle ("château vieux") and the younger one ("château jeune"). The castle towers in a strategic position, about 80 meters high over the confluence of the rivers Vère and Aveyron. According to Gregory of Tours, the Merovingian Queen Brunehaut (= Brunhilda) built the first castle here in the 6th century. The village is one of the "Plus beaux villages de France".

Puycelsi, one of "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" ("the most beautiful villages of France"), towers on a steep hill over the valley. Founded by Benedictine monks in the 10th century, the fortified village was besieged during the Albigensian Crusade by troops led by Simon IV de Montfort. Puycelsi was again attacked in 1230 by the disorientated youth of the first Shepherds Crusade. The sunset over the valley of the Vère, as seen from the "Puycelsi Roc Café".