Ernest Cros

Ernest Cros (1857-1945)

The baths of GinolesRailway engineer and amateur-archeologist who showed an interest in the antiquities of the Aude from 1880 onwards. He was a friend of Saunière and visited him on several ocassions. In 1924, Cros finally settled in Ginoles, close to Rennes-le-Château. His wife owned the Ginoles baths. In 1928 he is said to have found what is now known as the Coumesourde-stone about which he reported in his work “Researches of M. chief engineer Ernest Cros, undertaken in the High Valley of the Aude, particularly during the years 1920-43″ There survives only a typewritten version that is supposed to have been copied from Cros’ original notes. Nobody ever appears to have seen the original. In good Rennes-le-Château fashion, the many papers that Cros assembled on his work were lost in a burglary in 1960.

In her book City of Secrets, Patrice Chaplin claims Cros and Saunière were involved in moving a 16-year old girl from Quillan to the Catalan city of Gerona, around 1880. who became known as ‘the Frenchwoman’.

Some of Cros’ research

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  1. City of Secrets by Patrice ChaplinShe certainly does, or at least she appears to have. If you want to know more have a look here. I can also recommend Patrice Chaplin’s book City of Secrets. In there you’ll find a full account of her life. It’s highly controversial stuff but that doesn’t make the book less intriguing. It’s an atmospheric book with a bohemian undertone.

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