Carcasonne Walled City

Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Carcasonne Walled City is situated in Carcassonne , France and is one of the city’s major attraction.

Carcassonne is a city in southern France, situated on the Aude River and the Canal du Midi. There are two parts to the city, the Ville Basse and a medieval walled community known as the Cité. The Cité is unique as it is a well preserved example of a fortified medieval town and thousands of tourists visit the site each year. Take a tour around the old city walls that surround the city and its winding streets and find yourself at the dramatic Counts castle built in the 12th century before moving onto the Romanesque and Gothic Church of St. Nazaire (11th-14th centuries). The city is listed on the UNESCO in the World Heritage List and was restored by Viollet-le-Duc, one of the founders of the modern science of conservation. Parts of the city date from the 5th century, during the time of the Visigoths, and others were built between the 11th and the 13th century.

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