The christo-fascists are nostalgic for places like this to once again be on the map as ongoing concerns. They can't wait to imprison and torture LGBTQ folks, uppity women, and non-christians. What fun, right?
Tour des Sorciers - Sion, Switzerland
Visit a prison tower used during witch tribunals.
"...As you lay eyes on the Sorcerers’ Tower today, the weight of its history becomes palpable. Rusty iron bars adorn every window, and the sturdy wooden door remains firmly shut, guarding secrets of the past. Gazing up at the tower, you may notice an eerie statue of a mysterious figure peering out from one of its windows, adding to its aura of mystery and intrigue. According to information posted at the tower’s entrance, remnants of torture devices, including the dreaded “strappado,” are said to still linger within its confines..."
Somehow, I am not surprised. The crusades were actually about...wait for it...money and power for the church.
...People think the crusades were against Islam. It was mainly against other Christians to subordinate them to Rome. And in order to fight the Cathars in southern France, in order to fight the Germans who resisted paying tribute to Rome, in order to avoid paying the leading Christian church, the Eastern Orthodox Church of Constantinople. The popes hired warlords to come in, the Normans. And the church made a deal beginning around 1050. First of all, in southern Italy and Sicily, a deal that we will recognize Robert Guisgard as the king if you pledge fealty to become a Roman vassal state. We’ll make sure that the population supports you, but you have to kill all the Christians & the real Christians who were loyal to Constantinople & you have to kill the Byzantine areas there...