Sunday, May 18, 2008

Ben hanging out with Johnny and James in Aigues Mortes. These are the original members of the Swiss grunge band "The Devils Nose", which failed to survive as a band past their first live performance of "There is a Monster in the Courtyard" .

Some details on the city below:

On the swampy grounds of the Camargue stands the fortress of Aigues-Mortes, which was built ex nihilo by Saint Louis in the 13th century, in order to provide the kingdom of France with a port by the Mediterranean Sea. It took under 50 years to construct the Constance tower, one of the most magnificent keeps from the Middle Ages, and the 1634-metre long ramparts flanked by 20 towers.After a flourishing period, the city survived with difficulty and the Constance tower became regrettably well-known for being used in 1685 as a prison for protestant women of the Cévennes. It had already served as a prison for the Templars since 1307 and was due to do so until 1768. Most of the medieval environment of the city has been preserved and can still be appreciated today.

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