Route knugget of the week:
The link between Friday the 13th, Paris and La Rochelle
One of the sources of
the bad-luck connotation
on Friday the 13th dates back to 1307.
On Friday, October 13, the Knights
Templars
were captured by the marshals of King Filip of
.
The King of France sent sealed letters to his marshals, describing they
had to
arrest the Templars for
heresy.
The letters were only to be opened on October 13th.
Nevertheless, some
were opened before that day, and the message leaked out. So the
Templars could
escape with their famous treasure from
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