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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carcassonne - La Cité - Ancient Village or Settlement in France in Languedoc:Aude (11)

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Multi-periodSite Name: Carcassonne - La Cité
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.121 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Languedoc:Aude (11) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Carcassonne  Nearest Village: Carcassonne
Latitude: 43.207000N  Longitude: 2.363000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain visited on 13th May 2000 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Dad over to Toulouse for a long weekend. Drive to Carcassonne via Naurouze and the Canal du Midi. Visit La Cité, Castle, Ramparts, Cathedral. Move on to Mirepoix for the night.

TheCaptain visited on 22nd Apr 2000 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Drive from Toulouse to Carcassonne the slow way via Bram. Visit La Cité.

MartinJEley visited on 31st Jan 1999 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Carcassonne is an impressive fortress with many interesting areas to visit. The history of the region is reflected in many places, including the Abbey. My time there was limited and I would go back to see more if the opportunity were to arise.

TheCaptain visited on 15th Sep 1978 Ancient citadel which goes back as far as time. Although the main remains of this fantastic fairy story city are now medieval much of the walls can be seen to date back to Visigoth and Roman times. This is of course, all built upon a citadel which was here long before any of them came here.

Kuba visited - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.67 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.75

Carcassonne - La Cité
Carcassonne - La Cité submitted by thecaptain : La Cité de Carcassonne, seen here from the south. Ancient citadel which goes back as far as time. Although the main remains of this fantastic fairy story city are now mediaeval much of the walls can be seen to date back to Visigoth and Roman times. This is of course, all built upon a citadel which was here long before any of them came here. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient citadel which goes back as far as time. Although the main remains of this fantastic fairy story city are now mediaeval much of the walls can be seen to date back to Visigoth and Roman times. This is of course, all built upon a citadel which was here long before any of them came here.
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Carcassonne - La Cité
Carcassonne - La Cité submitted by thecaptain : La Cité de Carcassonne seen here across the river Aude from the northwest. Ancient citadel which goes back as far as time. Although the main remains of this fantastic fairy story city are now mediaeval much of the walls can be seen to date back to Visigoth and Roman times. This is of course, all built upon a citadel which was here long before any of them came here. Shame the picture was take... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Carcassonne - La Cité by Runemage on Monday, 01 April 2013
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"Labyrinth" by Kate Mosse was on TV as a 2 parter over the Easter weekend.
http://www.katemosse.co.uk/index.php/kates-books/labyrinth
In the final shot, they looked out of the cave mouth and saw the mountains which appeared to look like the face of a giant laid on its back. Was that my imagination or a real site, it reminded me of this La Peña de los Enamorados http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=33618
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Re: Carcassonne - La Cité by Anonymous on Tuesday, 30 September 2008
I was reading a book of Kate Mosse in wich is spoken of la cite and I wanted to see it.

It is beautiful
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