Le Pont-de-Montvert

.. the medieval bridge spans over the Tarn. The village was a center of french Protestantism in the 17th century. The assassination of abbé de Chayla, who persecuted the "Huguenots", sparked the rebellion of the Camisards in 1702. At the end of the rebellion, the Protestants could live in peace. Some of the Camisards migrated to England. Jean Cavalier, one of their leaders, became Governor of the island of Jersey later. Some may have had connections to the Shakers...