CORDES SUR CIEL in occitan cordas
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House built in 1222 by the Count of Toulouse Raymond VII of Toulouse, the Mecca of the Cathar heresy, today is a very medieval tourism. Cordes-sur-Ciel is one of the most beautiful villages of France and a place of passage of the Pilgrimage of St Jacques de Compostela.
Its inhabitants are called strings and Cordaises.
History The bastide of Cordes, military lock northern county of Toulouse, was built between 1222 and 1229 under the leadership of Raymond VII to rally the people scattered, driven in particular the fortress of Saint-Marcel burned by the troops of Simon de Montfort in 1215, during the first crusade "Barons of the North" against the Albigenses [1]. Because we did not speak at the time of heresy "cathar" in this country of langue d'oc. During the second crusade against the Albigenses, the magnificence and strength of the walls are back Cordes Humbert de Beaujeu who do not conquer it. According to the Paris Peace (1229), Jeanne, only daughter of Raymond VII of Toulouse, married in 1241 Alfonso II of France, Count of Poitiers, brother of King Louis IX (St. Louis). The County of Toulouse, previously autonomous, is attached to the Crown of France in the death of Alfonso II and Jeanne in 1271. Never conquered, Cordes became a land of France in 1370. A charter is granted to the strings they can build houses protected by the walls. Thus were some magnificent mansions built between the late thirteenth and mid-fourteenth century, whose facades have withstood the ravages of time. The architectural unity of the house, in the Gothic style, earned him the nickname "City to Ogives Cent. Its golden age lasted from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century with a maximum of 6 000. Its economy is based on trade and weaving. Cordes, faithful to the Church of God "after the fire Montsegur in 1244, resisted the Inquisition until 1312, when its official submission to the Catholic Church. The religious wars of the late sixteenth century caused little damage to the rope: it was attacked on 9 September 1568 by Baron Paulin, it repels the onslaught of Viscount Bruniquel on the night of 22 to 23 May 1574 . Prosper Mérimée, when asked by Napoleon III to establish an inventory of architectural heritage français, la visita. The city awoke again from the middle of the twentieth century, when artists rediscovered. Albert Camus after having visited in 50 years, said "At Cordes, everything is beautiful, even regret." The city officially became "Cordes-sur-Ciel" in 1993.
Places and monuments
The village is surrounded by four bodies and several doors as Ormeaux the door, the door of Jane or the door of the Clock. * The village is known, among other things, for his well of the hall which is over 100 meters deep. * The home of the Grand Veneur is a great remarkable sandstone building whose facade three floors. This is one of the most sculpted facades of the village. This is currently the headquarters of the town hall. * Cordes has an unusual museum and unique in the world: the museum of sugar and chocolate. It brings together a hundred pieces of art created exclusively based Sugar on topics as diverse as the Middle Ages, Mythology, flowers, nature, technology or the tales and legends. * The museum Charles Portal history and architecture is near the doors of Ormeaux, medieval building a historical monument, typical of the military construction of Cordes. The architecture is explained Cordaise and historical documents are presented (hawks carved door of the old city hall of the XVIth, locks ...), a film is the mysterious well of the hall (114m deep). Are set collections Strings and the region since prehistoric times to the sixteenth century: beautiful pieces Gallo-Roman and medieval Merovingian, facsimiles of archives of the history of the city, measures grain ... From the terrace, beautiful views on the west Cordis and the old streets. The museum has the label "Musée de France".
http://www.cordessurciel.fr/
