GR 7 Bis
Description
GR 7a from Lesparrou to Montsegur Castle borrows the Cathar trail through the Cross of Morenci.
Shrine Neolithic, you can make out a pile of very white and cracked blocks on a pedestal of dark rocks.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Steps
Starting point : hamlet of Lesparrou
From the village take the GR7 bis heading upstream of the river l’Hers to the village of Aiguillon (1.6 km).
Step 2
Cross the D117 and take the small road that goes to Jordy.
Step 3
Cross the hamlet and continue to the end of the road about 500 meters.
Step 4
Cross the Benaix stream and take the path till “pas de l’ecluse” (2KM) then climb to Benaix (1.8km).
Step 5
Take the D210 on the right and then leave it in the direction of Morenci (3.5 km).
Step 6
At the Cross of Morenci, turn right “les Moureaux” (1 km) and then left towards the ruins of Pechiquelle (900 meters).
Step 7
Then climb as far as Montsegur passing the fountain known as Meijo Sole. (2km)
Points of interest
The cross of Morenci
On this neck that leads to the hamlet of Morenci was an enigmatic cross on which were roughly carved in high relief a face and below the number 8. Below the inscription 1780 seemed to be added. On this Neolithic site one can suppose that this cross had been carved in a megalith carved previously.
Roc of Fougasse
This huge sandstone rock is so named because of the carved stone disk at its top (Fougasse means fouace in Occitan). A channel defines the disk whose diameter is about one meter. A small cup is dug in its center. This is undoubtedly a solar representation associated with a local cult. The stone itself could have served as an altar for animal sacrifices.
The castle of Montségur
By visiting the Montségur castle, you will perceive all that emerges from the site when one tries to imagine what could be during the winter 1243-1244 the seat of this citadel of vertigo. How for the 400 people entrenched, the living conditions already austere in normal times, were made even harder by the isolation resulting from this long siege of 10 months or 230 Cathars not wanting to deny their faith chose to die at the stake in cons bottom of the castle on March 16, 1244. Thus sounded the announced end of Catharism.
Additional information
To see
The castle of Montsegur,
The cross of Morenci
Roc focaccia.
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