A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give the same measure as I have recieved and am still receiving.
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
Archive for the tag 'Carcassonne'
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2012
Filed under Carcassonne 2012, Heritage, Holidays
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
Filed under Bruges 2010, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Hot
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20 Comments CherryPie on Jun 22nd 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
Filed under Anecdotes, Carcassonne 2012, Holidays
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
Filed under Anecdotes, Carcassonne 2012, Holidays
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
