Carcassonne, France On the summit of an isolated hill rearing abruptly on the Aude’s right bank, the site of the Cité was occupied as early as the 5th centurybceby the Iberians, then by Gallo-Romans. The inner rampart was built in 485ce, whenEuricwas king of theVisigoths.Clovisfailed...
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Carcassonne, FranceMedieval fortifications of the Cité, Carcassonne, France. TheMassif Centralextends into thedépartementof Lozère and marks the northwestern borders of Gard, Hérault, and Aude. The plain of Languedoc faces the Mediterranean and is separated from the plain ofRoussillonto the southwes...
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But the 75-year-old monarchy was uprooted in 1792 because the French Revolution proved successful in its aim. The French Revolution thus led to the establishment of the First Republic. On 21st September 1792 the French people proclaimed France's first republic. This signified a new era of repu...
France has not one but two ancient Egyptian obelisks. Most know of the Luxor Obelisk on the Place de la Concord in Paris. Another, brought to France hundreds of years earlier now stands in the Place de la Republique in Arles. Besides these two ancient Egyptian objects, numerous museums thro...
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rightsactivists.LastmonthsomeonesetoffabombnearthebullringinCarcassonne.YetFrance’senthusiastsfiercelydefendtheirrighttothesemoralrituals.Bullfighting,theyinsist,ispartoftheheritage,anexpressionofasharedregionalculturethatshouldbeprotected.ⅠⅡⅢTherestoftheContinentshouldtakenote.Theparadox(自相矛盾)ofanever-more-...
(neighbourhoods) within the well defended fort. This continued until 1891. Why it should have stopped in 1891, I do not know yet. Suffice it to say that this fort, like that at Carcassonne in France, is one of the few forts in the world that is still home to a settlement of local...
So a new entity – Catalonia – acquired tacit recognition across Europe.Count Ramon Berenguer I was able to buy the counties of Carcassonne and Béziers, north of Roussillon, and Barcelona would maintain ambitions in France for two more centuries – at one point it held territory as far east...