+CHATEAU MAGNY FOUCHARD+ of the villeneuve, verloing, perry, pamplume & finally degruy.... >WAS LOCATED ACCORDING TO PROF. LE ROY OF THE COLLEGE OF FRANCE (i suspect he is one of us) +IS THE VERY HEART OF FRANCE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ( google: "parc naturel regional foret d' orient", (in english) ************************** >in fact he suggests the forest of the orient just n. of the degruy chateau +IS THE "HEART OF THE HEART"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >if you look carefully at your large scale +MICHELIN MAP OF CHAMPAGNE+ (templar central) >YOU WILL FIND THE "TEMPLE" IN THE >CENTER OF THE LARGE LAKE< >this temple is certainly in the heart of +KNIGHTS TEMPLER COUNTRY+ (aube, champagne) >the counts of champagne, brienne and luxembourg led the way to > ENSURE THAT HISTORY< +CRUSADER FAMILIES ENCOURAGED+ BY THE LYRICAL POEMS OF THEIR GREAT (languages of the north & south) >TROUVIER IN "d'OIL" (north) >TROUBADOUR IN "OC" (south) >(chretian de troyes and hughe de payens troubadour and knights templar >LEADERS IN THEIR FIELDS< were both born in >T R O Y E S< >TOOK THEIR RELIGOUS/SHROUD/ TEMPLAR PASSION VERY +S E R I O U S L Y+ ^^^^^^^^^^ >just to the south of this aube country in burgundy near the la roche/virgy >CASTLE & CHAPEL WHERE THE HOLY SHROUD WAS BROUGHT >AFTER LIREY/BEFORE TURIN< >are two ancient villages of +VE ZELAY and AVAILON+ (english influence) >HERE YOU COULD VENERATE THE HEAD OF SAINT LAZERUS OR (entire body) +MARY MAGDELENE+ (until they moved her body leaving only a few assorted fragments) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >THIS IS SERIOUS RELIGEOUS FOCUS COUNTRY & ALLOWS US TO FEEL (the intense regional) +TEMPLAR/SHROUD PASSION+. +T R O Y E S+ >pronounced >"twa"< (3) >is of course the capitol of the region A GREAT ROMAN CROSSROADS W/ 1000 1/2 TIMBER HOUSES >in 878 the french king "louis the statesman" was crowned there >IN 1417 THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY +JOHN THE FEARLESS+ >WANTED TO MAKE TROYES THE (almost sucessful) +CAPITOL OF FRANCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this was, in addition to the trade fairs >THE GREATEST ENVIRONMENT FOR (french artistic expression) >TROUBADOUR POEMS & SONGS (played on lutes) >ROMANTIC LOVE THRIVED IN (lyrical passion) > THIS REGION WHERE THE GREAT TROUBADOUR ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CHRETIEN de TROYES+ >created 2130 songs< >THESE SONG/POEMS WERE CREATED by the nobility for the nobility and we can ret assured that our own >VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY WERE ARDENT VIRTUOSI. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >come huns, vikings, black death, (PILLAGE, RAPE, DISEASE) >100 year war, saracens etc,... +ROMANTIC LOVE WON OUT+ and finally >JOAN OF ARC SAVED THE DAY< >DEGAULLE SAVED THE DAY< (domremy, her village, and colombey his, are not +far from magny fouchard+) gene ray, san diego, california