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Rhedae: an explanation:

"The hill-top village of Rennes-le-Château in the south of France has its origins in the garrison town of Rhedae, which was home to approximately 30,000 people and which was founded in the 5th century by the Visigoths on the plateau extending south-eastwards which lies at the foot of the present-day village. It was the capital of the huge territory known as Rhedez, which was destroyed in 1170 by the army of the King of Aragon.

In the 14th Century it was refortified by Pierre II des Voisins, the Sénéchal of Carcassonne. The town became prosperous once more, but then the Spaniards seized it again and left standing only the ancient church dedicated to Mary Magdalene, the old manor-house and a few other houses.

And so the once fine town of Rhedae became, in 1362, the humble village of Rennes-le-Château."

The above text was adapted from an historical notice that Bérenger Saunière placed on the back of a series of Rennes-le-Chateau Postcards in the early 1900s.

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Eclipse
(By Roger Waters and Pink Floyd)

All that you touch
and all that you see,
all that you taste
all you feel.
And all that you love
and all that you hate,
all you distrust
all you save.
And all that you give
and all that you deal,
and all that you buy, beg, borrow or steal.
And all you create
and all you destroy,
and all that you do
and all that you say.
And all that you eat
and everyone you meet,
and all that you slight
and everyone you fight.
And all that is now
and all that is gone,
and all that's to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

"There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark."