text: what's the mystery surrounding the priest berenger sauniere & his unexpected riches? this has to do with the isolated hilltop village of rennes-le-chateau in france. inspired by dan brown's novel, the da vinci code. why is it a tourist attraction? because the vatican gave him a ton of money. many think that it was to cover up something he found out. hush money. and sauniree named a tower on his estate the tower of magdaline,