Terribilis Est Locus Iste

Apparently the late Abbé Berenger Saunière was recently encased in a three-tonne concrete sarcophagus to protect him from treasure hunters of a literary bent. No not the readers of the facinating, "Holy Blood Holy Grail" written in the 70s', rather, the other camp who have read the mediocre book written by Dan Brown and made into a lame movie by America's whitest director, Ron Howard. But I digress. According to local legend, the village of Rennes-le-Château in southeast France (the abbé’s final resting place) may hold the secret to the Holy Grail. The mysterious Saunière arrived there as the village priest in 1880 and inscribed an odd motto above the church door: Terribilis Est Locus Iste, or This Place is Terrible.

All I can say is this. The south of France is terrible? Dude, you've never been to Tulsa. "Terribilis Est Locus Iste" should appear on Oklahoma license plates.