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ANECDOTES BUT LITTLE HISTORY - Part 3

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I am absolutely hopeless for remembering anything during walks around cities. Or in this case tiny townships. Anecdotes perhaps, but dates and history have never been a strong point for me. Even going back onto Internet and looking up does not mean that I will remember anymore. 

So we walked around this medieval township for two hours the other day. War and more war stories were related.  But it has always been a Thermal Source. Something I can’t work out (and neither could the guide explain it), Henry lV discovered how good the water was for his skin and yet he never came here.... Coming down The dungeon - 2 floors There is a dungeon (11th century) we were able to visit. This was used for the lepers.  They could use the echo chambers to confess in without breathing over the priest. We all rushed to a corner and whispered to someone on the other side of the room.  The Notre Dame Church was opened for us. Destroyed partly during the last world war so the windows have