Rennes-le-Château
Rennes-le-Château (; ) is a commune approximately 5 km (3 miles) south of Couiza, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rennes-le-Château
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 119
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11 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
- Modern fame
- Excavations
- Fables, stories and conspiracy theories
- Criticism
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Rennes-le-Château (; ) is a commune approximately 5 km (3 miles) south of Couiza, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.
This hilltop village is known internationally; it receives tens of thousands of visitors per year, drawn by conspiracy theories surrounding a putative buried treasure discovered by its 19th-century priest Bérenger Saunière, the precise nature of which is disputed among those who credit its existence.