The town of Bram,
Aude, France.
A “circulade”, once a defensible walled town, besieged and taken by Catholic Crusaders in 1210, seeking to destroy Catharism. All the defenders, over 100 of them, Catholic & Cathar alike, were blinded and had their lips and noses cut off by Simon de Montfort. One man was left with one eye to lead the rest, walking to Lastours, 35 kilometers away, as a tactic to terrorize the Lord there.
