![]() And while this is not the first time that an alleged offspring of Saunière’s has surfaced, it is the fist time that we are provided with any semblance of detail.Ĭhaplin’s research reveals that Tarres’ mother was conceived by Tourdes in 1907 and that Saunière was the father. Maria Tourdes’ house behind the cathedral in Girona – the Torre Magdala to the leftĮnthusiasts of Rennes-le-Château are aware that Saunière – a priest – is believed to have had sexual relations with women and to have fathered children. In the context of Chaplin’s research, this makes perfect sense Tourdes was Tarres’s grandmother. Tourdes was also known by Tarres – Chaplin’s former lover and a figure believed to be the one-time custodian of the society. They also reveal that Tourdes was an important figure in a private society that conducted Grail rituals in her house behind the cathedral. Letters uncovered by Chaplin during her 30+ years of research, and which have been certified by experts, suggest a relationship between Tourdes and Saunière. Here, at the age of 15, Chaplin first met Tourdes, who by then was a woman of mature age. Chaplin, too, was in her teens when she first came to Girona – more in search of the New Bohemia than the New Jerusalem, although that has since reversed. She moved to Girona in her teens – on her own – and lived behind the cathedral in a house constructed over a cemetery reserved for priests. Those familiar with City of Secrets will recall that Tourdes is from Quillan a town near Rennes-le-Château where Saunière owned property. The drawings depict a rudimentary design of a tower, the earliest version of which is marked Girona, 1901 the same year that construction commenced on the Tour Magdela in Rennes-le-Château.Įarly design document of the Tour Magdela, dated Octo– GironaĮven more alluring than a possible connection between the towers in Rennes-le-Château and Girona is Happy Hour’s offhand suggestion that Josep Tarres I Fontan (Jose, in the City of Secrets) – an alleged custodian of a Girona based society that maintains and practices Grail rituals, may in fact be the grandson of Saunière and a mysterious French woman by the name of Maria Tourdes. ![]() In support of this theory, Chaplin has in her possession a series of sketches that predate the more detailed illustration in her new book, City of Secrets. Namely, the book recounted how Bérenger Saunière’s project manager, Elie Bot, studied the design of the 1851 Torre Magdala in Girona (Spain) before constructing the Tour Magdela in Rennes-le-Château (France). The cover featured the sacred mountain of Canigou, as viewed from her window, and hinted at her work to come.Īmazingly, Happy Hour went unnoticed in esoteric circles, despite introducing a number of Rennes-le-Château bombshells. In 1998, British author and playwright Patrice Chaplin published Happy Hour, a book about her life in Céret, a town in the foothills of the French Pyrenees that is popular with artists. ![]() CHAPLIN IN GERONA: SECRETS UNVEILED By ANDREW GOUGH October 2007
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