France-Languedoc
Tarascon-sur-Ariege. Museum of Prehistory. Copies of prehistoric paintings from the nearby Niaux Caves. Legends of the Holy Grail surround Chateau Montsegur and the palaeolithic paintings of the Niaux Cave. According to legend, four Cathars were lowered down the cliffs of Montsegur, before its surrender, with the Cathar treasure. that may have been the Holy Grail. According to legend, they hid the Grail in caves like Niaux. For supporters of esoteric theories as the German Otto Rahn some paintings of the caves testified mysterious places of Cathars worship.
- Filename
- em7305148.jpg
- Copyright
- ©ENRICOMARTINO
- Image Size
- 6016x4016 / 18.9MB
- Contained in galleries
- Languedoc, The Citadels of Vertigo. The Castles of the Cathars

