Bruniquel
Bruniquel owes its origins to a fortress built by Brunhilda, feisty daughter of the King of the Visigoths. Legend has it that
"Then the army of the Franks and Burgundians joined into one, all shouted together that death would be most fitting for the very wicked Brunhilda. Then King Clotaire ordered that she be lifted on to a camel and led through the entire army. Then she was tied to the feet of wild horses and torn apart limb from limb. Finally she died. Her final grave was the fire. Her bones were burnt."
Her sarcophagus is in the Musee Lapidaire in Avignon and her name is inherent in the tower of one of the castles and in the town’s name itself.
It is a tiny fortified village 262 metres above the confluence of the rivers Aveyron and Vere and is a pretty mix of old pink stone and red tile. Well-preserved 13th, 14th, and 16th century houses cascade along the southern slope of the cliff and two medieval castles dominate the village and the valley and are spread over several levels. http://bruniquel.org/
A piece in http://www.lafrance.co.uk/information/midipyrenees/tarnetgaronne.htm
and another link to Brunhilda, rotten death she might have suffered but she was apparently then 79
http://lcmccabe.blogspot.fr/2008/12/bruniquel-and-tragic-story-of-queen.html
and another link to Brunhilda, rotten death she might have suffered but she was apparently then 79
http://lcmccabe.blogspot.fr/2008/12/bruniquel-and-tragic-story-of-queen.html
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