Description

Carcassonne today is the capital of the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France about 58 miles from ToulouseThis land is also home to several legends and local traditions When the earth is drenched by heavy storms the crumbling red soil drifts into the River Aude staining the water with crimson This beautiful yet haunting phenomenon which the locals call the blood of the Cathars is a symbolic reminder of the blood shed by these heretics at the hands of the Catholic Church Despite the controversial events and their supposed heresy it seemed that the fall of the Cathars brought an everlasting curse upon the region