Cami dels Bons Homes (GR 107)

On 2 march 1244, after a year of siege, the Occitan fortress of Monsegur fell. The Cathar perfects and believers who did not abjure their faith were burnt in a great bonfire next to the castle, a place known as the Field of the Burnt.

Those called "good men" were mercilessly prosecuted by both the Church and the King of France. For the former, the doctrine wich sought a return to Christian purity posed a threat. For the latter, fighting heresy was a great opportunity to conquer new territories.

The Catalan King Pere II confronted the French, but was fatally wounded in 1213 in the battle of Muret, in wich numerous inhabitants from El Berguedà also fought.

The routes that many Occitan people followed to cross the Pyrenees so as to flee barbarity have been the inspiration for creating the Good men's trail. It is an itinerary of around 200 km. marked as GR-107, wich links Montsegur and Berga. It can be travelled on foot, by mountain bike and on horseback. This route, in addition to offering spectacular landscapes, allows one to evoke the medieval world at both sides of the Pyrenees, and also to remember the property of values such as peace, respect and justice.

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