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Architecture 100 :: 21 – Carcassonne

The walled city (La Cite) of Carcassonne was built on the site of a former Roman fortress.  The city is protected by two heavily fortified walls and has no less than 52 towers and barbicans. In medieval times Simon de Montfort led crusades against the Albigensians (Cathars) whom the Catholic Church had branded as [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2012

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Les Lices

This is a day time view of les lices (this lists) that were shown in the previous post. The lists is the area between the inner and outer city walls and is the place where knights took part in competitions and jousting, hence the name.

12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 22nd 2012

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My First Steps into the Walled City

On arrival in Carcassonne you will remember that I was impressed with the view from my hotel room.  I was even more impressed when I took a stroll after dinner on the evening I arrived.  The sight as the city presented itself was spectacular and on entering into the city the narrow streets were buzzing [...]

20 Comments CherryPie on Jun 20th 2012

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Carcassonne – Day Five

Sadly it was now time to say goodbye to Carcassonne and return to the airport for the journey back home.  We took a leisurely drive along the A roads and stopped off in the quaint town of Saint-Papoul in order to visit the abbey. We then continued our journey and stopped at Castelnaudary where [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2012

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Carcassonne – Day Four

The day started out with some very persistent and irritating mobile phone calls and texts.  Unfortunately I wasn’t close enough to the canal, once again I had the urge to surgical remove the phone and dispose of it!!  After breakfast I retired to the hotel garden with my camera until the phone calls stopped.
After that [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 18th 2012

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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

Love draws forth love.
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582)

19 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2012

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Last Minute Arrangements

I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb where I share my recent experience of booking a holiday to Carcassonne and the obstacles and fun that I encountered whilst trying to book that holiday.

4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2012

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