Sculpture, Musee Domaine de l'Abbe Sauniere, Rennes-le-Chateau

Carolingian pillar with carving of a cross, 9th century, originally from the altar of the Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, in the Musee Domaine de l'Abbe Sauniere, a museum in the presbytery at Rennes-le-Chateau, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hill village is best known for the Abbe Berenger Sauniere, 1852-1917, a priest who is thought to have discovered treasure and led many building projects in the village with his mysterious wealth. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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