Visit Mornas Fortress
is an opportunity to admire a beautiful view over the Rhone valley behind
the walls with battlements. Thanks qux guided tours, is also a fun way
to learn the life of lords and peasants in the Middle Ages, and the
handling of weapons. To the delight of young and old.
 
Mornas citadel has never been the
residence of a lord, that's why it is called citadel or fortress rather
than castle. The stronghold that has withstood the vicissitudes of time
until our days was built by the Count of Toulouse in the 12th century.
It then passes under the control of the Holy See and is part of Venaissin
County. It is a safe haven when the 14th Century Companies and Rovers
go in the region in order to extort the pope a portion of its wealth.
  
On Mornas fortress
flat memory of the cruel Huguenot leader Marquis Charles de Montbrun.
In 1562, he laid siege to the fortress poorly defended. The small garrison
negotiated his surrender but denying his word, Montbrun murders women
and children refugees in the chapel and precipitate the garrison in the
empty top of the cliff.
  
Once the religious wars ended, the
Mornas fortress loses its usefulness, it is unmaintained
and its ruined walls fall. In 1977, the association "Friends of Mornas"
urges the restoration of the citadel. Thirty years later, the walls are
up, and a fortress perched on a cliff has regained its imposing aspect.
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