When you visit the medieval city of Carcassonne, you can see the Basilica of St. Nazaire and St. Celse. Founded in 1096 on the grounds of an earlier church that may date from as far as the 6th Century. Finished in the 12th Century, it was originally […]
Carcassonne
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This shot of Carcassonne’s castle entrance is my last of the Carcassonne series before a while. Enjoy.
Let’s return to Carcassonne for a short while and after the castle, let’s focus on the city walls a little bit. The oldest parts date back from the Gallo-Roman period, but it is in the 13th Century that the Kings of France decided to modernize and enlarge those walls […]
As we have two weeks left in France before the big move, we decided not to entirely spend them packing, and to have a mini “goodbye tour” of the region. As we hadn’t been to Carcassonne in about three years, we thought it would be good to go now. […]