Penne, Tarn
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Penne is a commune
in the Tarn department in southern France
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explored a cave called Le Cuzoul d'Armand, and discovered several artifacts, including a bronze pearl necklace.
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Mentions of the castle of Penne can be found as early as the 11th century, when the local Lady was known to be an Albigensian, but the main towers date back to the 13th and 14th century. Remains include the dungeon, ramparts and a chapel.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Tarn department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Prehistory
The first traces of activity date back to the Bronze Age. In the middle of the 19th century, Jean-Baptiste NouletJean-Baptiste Noulet
Jean-Baptiste Noulet was a French scientist and naturalist who helped to prove the archæological existence of humans and was one of the pioneers of the scientific discipline of prehistoric archaeology...
explored a cave called Le Cuzoul d'Armand, and discovered several artifacts, including a bronze pearl necklace.
Middle-Age
The ancient village of Penne d’Albigeois is built on a mountain spur dominated by the ruins of a 12th-century fortress, hence its nickname, the “Vertigo Citadel”, or the “Impregnable”. This remarkable site, over the Aveyron, was highly strategic in the Middle-Age, though the fortress itself was relatively spared by the Albigensian CrusadeAlbigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc...
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Mentions of the castle of Penne can be found as early as the 11th century, when the local Lady was known to be an Albigensian, but the main towers date back to the 13th and 14th century. Remains include the dungeon, ramparts and a chapel.