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Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne

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France 1938. The ramparts of the Cite de Carcassonne.
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. Carcassonne is also of exceptional importance because of the lengthy restoration campaign undertaken by Viollet-le-Duc, one of the founders of the modern science of conservation.
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photo thanks to Amanda van den Berg see more photos of carcassonne
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The Ville Basse also contains the Cathedral of St. Michael and the Church of St. Vincent (both 13th century). The Cité is the finest example of a fortified medieval town in Europe and
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(Languedoc-Roussillon): Example of a medieval fortified town, with its massive defences encircling the castle and the surrounding buildings, its streets and its fine Gothic cathedral. Historic Site of Lyons (Rhone-Alps): Founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. as the capital of the Three Gauls and has continued to play a major role in Europe's political, cultural
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David Berlanda (Italy / Czech Republic): In our trip to France we have visited the stunning town of Carcassonne, that was a pre-Roman town, a Roman colony and then was conquered by Visigoths, Saracens, and Franks (under which was the
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