Belin

Belin lies beside the Leyre in the Landes country south of Bordeaux. A castle once stood above the settlement, and local tradition associates it with Eleanor of Aquitaine. Its position on the road through Gascony brought royal travellers: Henry III of England stayed at Belin several times in the thirteenth century and summoned the barons of the country there for military service in 1243. The old castle later disappeared, leaving traces upon its mound.