LA CITÉ MÉDIÉVALE DE CARCASSONNE
Take a tour of one of Europe's largest fortified towns! On the program: the ...Read more
LA FORTERESSE DE SALSES
A true specimen of the transition between medieval castle and modern ...Read more
AQUAMARINE TOWERS AND RAMPARTS
Historic monuments with a wall over 1,634 m long and 20 towers offering ...Read more
CHÂTEAU DE PEYREPERTUSE
Castle on a spur, composed of four parts: the lower enclosure, the old ...Read more
FORT LIBERIA
Fort classified as a historical monument in 2009 and currently featuring a ...Read more
FORT SAINT-ANDRÉ
Fort that stands proudly on Mount Andaon as on a pedestal in ...Read more
RAMPARTS WALK
Old ramparts of Balaruc-le-Vieux with beautiful views below offering a nice ...Read more
THE RAMPARTS OF VILLEFRANCHE
Nice walk to discover Villefranche's fortifications, specific sites and ...Read more
FORT SAINT-ELME
A fort created to combat Moorish raids, it is now a place dedicated to the ...Read more
MONT-LOUIS
Read moreThe citadel and ramparts have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008. A recognition that Mont-Louis shares with Villefranche de Conflent. Having never been a member of a GE, except in a Spanish incursion in 1794 which was quickly pushed back by the ge n\ ral Ral (1736-1794), the strong place has reached its original state. So it's a fairly unique place that we can be able to cover. The story goes back to the Traite ́ des Pyre ́ es, sign in 1659, when the high cantons of Cerdanya and Du become franc. After 20 years, unable to exchange this province of Roussillon against a larger territory of Flanders, Louis XIV de\ acdi to build a strong place at the crossroads of communication routes between Capcir, Cerdanya and Conflent, to mark the new frontie re with Spain. In 1679, he entrusted the construction project to Vauban, which chose this site stratum ́ lysergic. In less than 2 years, it became what it is today, the highest strengthens city of France, and took the name Mont-Louis in honour of the Sun King.
CASTELLATED ROCK PROMONTORY
The Roc Castel, whose originality lies in the use of existing rocks as ...Read more
FORT VAUBAN
Fort Vauban d'Alès is a symbol of defensive architecture and the conflict ...Read more
LE FORT LAGARDE
Fort built by Vauban to reinforce the borders with Spain at ...Read more
CITY OF STONE CARCASSONNE AND DREAMS
Read moreThis endowment fund intends to preserve, enhance and animate the City of Carcassonne. Founded by passionate Carcassonnais, this initiative develops projects mixing popularization and innovation, in connection with heritage, art and the center of living medieval history and the language institute. Their 1st action dates from 2017 with contemporary casts of gothic gargoyles. Operating on the basis of patronage, the collective is based in the heart of the Hôtel de la Cité.
THE REMARKS
Montagnac's ramparts were built during the reign of Philippe AugusteRead more
LA FORTERESSE DE BEAUCAIRE
A formidable medieval fortress built in 1180, a testimony to medieval ...Read more
RUINS OF THE CASTLE OF DURBAN
This castle, whose ruins dominate the village, was owned by Bernard de ...Read more
SARRAZINE TOWER
Imposing square tower in promontory, the only vestige of the Castrum still ...Read more