Bram was a castrum in the Languedoc, attacked by the army of the
French Crusaders. Today there is no trace of the medieval fortifications
there.
When Bram fell in 1210, 100 prisoners had their noses cropped,
their lips cut off and their eyes gauged out. One man was left
with one eye so that he could guide the others away. With
a hand on the shoulder of the one in front, and the one-eyed man
at their head, a file of blind prisoners wound its way to Lastours
(Cabaret), a visible demonstration of the ineffable mercy of
God's Christian Army.
Today, there is almost nothing to see at Bram remaining from the
period, though the street layout preserves the pattern of a typical
circular village. It lies in the Aude
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