Porrentruy
Rue Pierre-Péquignat (2)Driven by curiosity, we continued up the street, which bears the name of a farmer who led a peasant revolt against the dictatorship of the prince-bishop of Basel. Sentenced to death, Pierre Péquignat was beheaded in 1740, quartered and his bloody limbs were placed at the entrance to the Ajoie town halls, so that everyone would understand the fate that awaited those who continued the revolt...
