( for one brief moment there was camelot ) ******************* +THE CASTLE OF GRUYERE IS+ +TRULY A FANTASTIC PLACE+ ***************************** >for over a thousand years the< ******************************* >COUNTS & COUNTESES OF GRUYERE RULED OVER THIS MAGIC DREAM. *********************************** +it has to be seen to be believed+ ******************************** +before christmas 1554+ >COUNT MICHAEL, ABANDONED THIS FAIR DOMAIN, ALONE ON (french king henri owed >1,700,000 gold francs<) >A COLD NOVEMBER NIGHT **************************** +DEATH BY FIRE+ >a terrible fire had caused such vast destruction that a large debt was >incurred in the rebuilding< *************************** >IT WAS THE LAST REMNANT OF THE OLD EUROPEAN CHIVILRY (princes, castles, knights) ************************ +VALENTINOIS/GRIMALDI+ +only a few like monaco remain+ +OF THE PRINCIPALITIES+ ************************ +GRUYERE WAS ORIGINALLY+ a stronghold of the giant, blond +DUKES OF BURGUNDY+ >ironically the last count michael was a reflection of this via his mother +A deVIRGY PRINCESS+ ********************* >THE COUNTS OF deVIRGY FAMOUS FOR CO-POSESSION OF THE (decharney,devirgy) +HOLY SHROUD OF LIREY+ >later, of course, the shroud of turin when acquired by the degruyere desavoy >C O U S I N S< ************* >ONE HAS TO CONCLUDE BASED ON MUCH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE (on several occassions the >THAT THE CHRISTMASES OF THE GRUYERE/SAVOY FAMILIES >shroud was exposed on >WERE GREATLY ENRICHED WITH EXPOSITION OF >the castle walls) +THE HOLY SHROUD+ +OF JESUS CHRIST+ +++++++++++ +RADIANT MIES EN SCENE+ +flaming torchlight & trumpets+ >EVEN CHALAMALA MUST HAVE BEEN< >LEFT SPEACHLESS W/ THIS VISAGE.< (a once in a lifetime apocalypse) ******************************* +MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL+ (degruyere/degruy) +HEIRS OF THIS MIRACLE+ ************************* gene ray, san diego, california