Carcassonne

Which other city apart from Carcassonne can claim to have retained such exceptional architectural quality? The importance of the medieval city’s fortifications is the expression of the role it has played in the history of the Languedoc, in particular in the context of the politics of the French Crown in the thirteen century during the Albigensian Crusade, otherwise named the Cathars. Restored by the architect Violet-le-Duc in the nineteen century, Carcassonne has been part of the UNESCO heritage site from 1997. With its 1.5 km long crenellated wall, its 16 towers, the Count’s castle and its gothic cathedral, Carcassonne takes the visitor in a setting where everything belongs to the past.

Carcassonne

Which other city apart from Carcassonne can claim to have retained such exceptional architectural quality? The importance of the medieval city’s fortifications is the expression of the role it has played in the history of the Languedoc, in particular in the context of the politics of the French Crown in the thirteen century during the Albigensian Crusade, otherwise named the Cathars. Restored by the architect Violet-le-Duc in the nineteen century, Carcassonne has been part of the UNESCO heritage site from 1997. With its 1.5 km long crenellated wall, its 16 towers, the Count’s castle and its gothic cathedral, Carcassonne takes the visitor in a setting where everything belongs to the past.

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