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Carcason is a real city of medieval, located on the cool bank of the Od River. It is located in Russilon province in southern France. About 2 million tourists attend each year.
The old city is surrounded by powerful fortress walls, which in the past were the largest quote of Europe. Carcason has 52 towers and 2 defensive rings of 3 km of reinforcement. This Karkason neighbourhood is open for visits, with about 100 local residents still living, as well as numerous shops and handicrafts. In this quarter, with a two-hundred-and-year history of military conflicts, you will be able to see the spaces associated with the rotary movement of the XI-XIII century and the crusades.
Carcason ' s history is beginning in the Gallo-Roman era: the first fortification was built in VI, which protects the city from enemies. Part of the city within these walls is known as Upper (sighs)Old) towns. In the twelfth century, the foot of the old fortress was founded by a new one, Lower city, which was preceded by tragic events. The young Vicont Raymond Roge Trancavel, who was then ruled by Carcason, was openly opposed to the Greek Albigos movement and sheltered them in his town from the persecution of the Crusade. As a result of the 15-day siege of stefan de Montfort's crusts, she fell. The young vicont died in the midst of 15 years of age, and some of the inhabitants were evicted. They came back to their homes several years later, settled on the left bank of the Od River and laid down the Lower City. Later, it was surrounded by a secure wall, and a hundred years later, there was another secure wall along which the boulevard ring now passes. The Upper City was gradually lost, while the Lower City flourished.
Since the signing of the 1659 Pyrene Peace, the Spanish-French border has been rescheduled, the city has ceased to be strengthened and it has gradually begun to fall. In the 19th century alone, at the initiative of the architector of Viole-le-Duc, the Historian started rebuilding here.
In Carcason, even modern hotels have been stacked by stone medieval locks that rise above.
It was in Carcason that there were many scenes of Hollywood Robin Hood movies with Kevin Costner and Luc Besson's Jeanne D'Ark. In Carcason, Disney's been living for a long time, and it's Carcason that we owe a lot of scenes to the disney multilms.
On 14 July, in the light-lighted quotes, a magical action is taking place on the national French holiday, the Bustilia Day, and in the first weeks of August, Carcason celebrates a big mid-year holiday dedicated to the city itself.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS:
The two main features of the city are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage: Southern Canal and Upper City with the strong walls.
The Upper City is now an architectural, historical and cultural value.
Count castle - the fortress inside the fortress - once owned by the powerful mother of Trancaveley. The castle has flats, five towers and wooden defensive structures. The castle is currently collecting a great collection of religious arts: ancient sculptures, burial monuments, sarcophagus, stasis, roadblocks.
St. Nazaria's gathering. There's a famous stone-memorial inside the romantic cathedral, which is predated to be the siege of Carcason by the Crusade.
Museum of stones. The collection consists of Roman amphorus, romantic frescoes and collar fragments, part of the gotic windows and medium-sized stone weapons.
Port South Canal, accepts a large number of pleasure craft. The Pierre-Paul Rick Project set up in 1667, the Canal and the Coastal Ode in Carcason are a beautiful place for rest and walk.
The least interest is the Lower City. Get in. Lower city From the Upper City, you can walk through the Old Bridge. In this part of the city, the houses of Ludovic St., the magnificent privates and the Palace of Justice, the beautiful fountain of the sixteenth century in the Karno area, portraying Neptune. In the formerThe Court ' s building now has a Museum of Fine Arts, which collects great collections of paintings from European masters.
Should be visiting. St. Michael's gathering, built in a chotical style with an eight-strong bell, which rests on a powerful square base. The admirable vestiges in the clire and the spectacular statue of Bogomatter, as well as the painting and sculpture of the cathedral, are of great artistic value.
On the left bank of the Ode River, St. Louis (sighs)Bastide St Louis) was built by Ludowic Saint in the year 1260 under a four-angular plan. Today, the initial chess order of the streets and a single ensemble surrounded by the wail has been maintained, which together represents a significant architectural value.
There's nothing better than well-equipped to keep up with the sun and water. Lake Kawayer Beach (sighs)Cavayereonly a few minutes from the center of the city.
Golf, swimming on the mountain river on the canoe, top ride.