AQUAMARINE TOWERS AND RAMPARTS
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Historic monuments with a wall over 1,634 m long and 20 towers offering splendid views of the town, ponds...
Listed as a Historic Monument, the 1640 m-long enclosure, with its fifteen towers and ten gates, offers splendid views over the town. An exceptional example of 13th-century military architecture, the town of Aigues-Mortes as we know it today was initiated by Saint Louis, mainly for the last crusades, but also as a commercial port, a role previously held by Saint-Gilles-du-Gard. Louis IX had the Constance tower and castle built, and launched the construction of the ramparts, which were completed by Philippe le Bel thirty years later. The town then became a hotbed of Protestant strife, first under Protestant domination and then as a Catholic stronghold, with the towers infamous as prisons for Huguenot men and women. Today, the towers and the governor's lodgings house permanent exhibitions on Saint Louis and the Mediterranean, architecture and decor, Protestant history, as well as temporary exhibitions by contemporary artists looking at history and the region. Even today, the Chemin de Ronde provides a view of the salt marshes and the Camargue plain. The height and state of preservation of the ramparts make them a jewel of the Middle Ages, and the visit offers a real plunge into time and history, with an extensive view over the beauty of the Camargue.
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