The Fortress of Mornas || La Forteresse de Mornas, France 🇫🇷 скачать в хорошем качестве

The Fortress of Mornas || La Forteresse de Mornas, France 🇫🇷

Hello everyone welcome to my channel !!! The fortress of Mornas, perched on a cliff 137 meters high, like a sentinel seems to protect the medieval village of Mornas. The fortress, perched on a rocky escarpment on the left bank of the river, stands above the village of Mornas , in the French department of Vaucluse . The fortress is a lock in the Rhone Valley , over which it offers a natural vantage point. In the 10th century the Earl of Toulouse owned Mornas, and only a small garrison of soldiers were stationed there, to maintain the Earl's authority over the land. The ownership of the area was disputed by the Earl, the Archbishop of Arles and the King of France from then until the 13th century. The Papacy, in the form of the Avignon Popes took possession of Mornas at the beginning of the 14th century. The Fortress was restored and improved, and an outer wall was built around the top of the hill, to protect it from the bands that were looting and devistating the lands at that time. During the Wars of Religion in the 16th century the Fortress was hotly contested by Catholics and Protestants, perceiving its location as a strategic need. The age of fortresses was beginning to pass, and by the time of the French Revolution the Mornas Fortress had already been abandoned. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ #historicplace #fortress #laforteressedemornas #fortressmornas #france #monument #history #youtuber #foryou #travel #2023 #travelinfrance #nicolephim Please like, subscribe and click on the notification bell 🔔 so you never miss the latest upload video, thank you for watching. Please have a great day everyone!