| Motorists arriving in Provence by
the Rhone Valley can not fail to notice the ramparts and keep of the fortress
Mornas Sentinel unwavering situated high on the cliffs, all flags
to the wind.
Mornas village nestles at the foot
of the 137-meter-high cliff. The hill was a shelter against frequent floods
of the Rhone, which sometimes extended his bed to the foot of the cliff,
the fort was a haven in turbulent times: the Rhone Valley is a thoroughfare
crowded by merchants, travelers, and armies.
Mornas and its heights are occupied
from Neolithic times. It is an important strategic point for controlling
the traffic of the Rhone Valley. The Romans implanted a castrum. During
the Middle Ages Mornas belongs successively to the Holy
Roman Empire, to the archbishops of Arles, the Count of Toulouse, then
the Holy See after the Albigensian crusades, it is then integrated into
the Venaissin County.
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