Legend says of a castle situated in the Wasteland of the high Pyrenees that once held the Holy Grail. It is true! Wolfram von Eschenbach named the castle as Munsalvasche guarded by a line of Fisher Kings, the last of whom being the ailing Anfortas. All his lineage are described as being maimed or wounded. They would later hand the Grail via the Cathars to the Knights Templar.
The name Munsalvasche broken down from the local Germanic dialect, in which it was written, translates to the mount of salvation. Gay Nazi Otto Rahn was being led astray when he in turn led the world astray upon naming Montsegur Chateau as the Grail Castle, for Montsegur is neither in the high Pyrenees nor is it possible for a contingent of Knights that guard the Grail to ride out ever day in search of Adventure for it sits on a mountain top with steep cliffs surrounding it!
The Grail Romances are not works of medieval fiction but highly detailed excepts from history to the extent few could imagine. In search for a castle in the high Pyrenees surrounded by barren land with a name fitting with mound of salvation there is Puyvalador, which is a perfect fit for it was the mighty castle of legend though little more than the massive overgrown ground-plan remains now! Puyvalador translates into place of salvation, and is a village of less than a hundred inhabitants today. The castle's location and size are ill-fitting with its environment, unless it was built solely to protect a great treasure - the ultimate treasure in the form of the Holy Grail. When the Grail was handed to the Templars in 1210 AD upon the persecution of the Cathars - its then guardians - they removed it from its place of safekeeping to more congenial settings for nobody in Christendom had the gall to challenge them or attempt to steal the Grail.
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