After walking up a cobbled stone road, winding around the ramparts, we arrived at the castle. The fortress, from the time of Henry II of England who died there in 1189, overlooks the village below lined with half- timber medieval houses. Two centuries later the castle witnessed Joan of Arc's recognition of the dauphin, later Charles VII. From there she left to "accomplish her miraculous and tragic destiny". We visited a nearby church in the village below and found it to be the church where Joan of Arc prayed for 2 days in 1429 while she waited to visit the dauphin. It was an amazing experience to be there in the same church almost 600 years later!
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