When was carcassonne founded

In , the Treaty of the Pyrenees transferred the border province of Roussillon to France, and Carcassonne's military significance was reduced. Fortifications were abandoned, and the city became mainly an economic centre that concentrated on the woollen textile industry, for which a source quoted by Fernand Braudel found it "the manufacturing centre of Languedoc".

This article does not contain any citations or references. Please improve this article by adding a reference. For information about how to add references, see Template:Citation. The castle itself possesses its own drawbridge and ditch leading to a central keep. The walls consist of towers built over quite a long period. One of these towers housed the Catholic Inquisition in the 13th Century and is still known as "The Inquisition Tower".

A decree to that effect that was made official in caused an uproar. The fortifications were consolidated here and there, but the chief attention was paid to restoring the roofing of the towers and the ramparts, where Viollet-le-Duc ordered the destruction of structures that had encroached against the walls, some of them of considerable age. Viollet-le-Duc left copious notes and drawings on his death in , when his pupil Paul Boeswillwald, and later the architect Nodet continued the rehabilitation of Carcassonne.

The restoration was strongly criticized during Viollet-le-Duc's lifetime. Fresh from work in the north of France, he made the error of using slates and restoring the roofs as point-free environment.

Yet, overall, Viollet-le-Duc's achievement at Carcassonne is agreed to be a work of genius, though not of the strictest authenticity. Another bridge, Pont Marengo , crosses the Canal du Midi and provides access to the railway station.

The newer part Ville Basse of the city on the other side of the Aude river which dates back from the Middle Ages, created after the crusade manufactures shoes, rubber and textiles.

It is also the centre of a major AOC wine-growing region. Carcassonne receives about three million visitors annually. In the late s Carcassonne airport started taking budget flights to and from European airports and by had regular flight connections with Bournemouth, Cork , Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn , London-Stansted , Liverpool , East Midlands , Glasgow-Prestwick and Charleroi.

The Gare de Carcassonne railway station offers direct connections to Toulouse, Narbonne, Perpignan, Paris, Marseille and several regional destinations. The A61 motorway connects Carcassonne with Toulouse and Narbonne. Historically, the language spoken in Carcassonne and throughout Languedoc-Roussillon was not French but Occitan.

Carcassonne was the starting point for a stage in the Tour de France and a stage finish in the Tour de France. As in the rest of the southwest of France, rugby union is popular in Carcassonne. The club have a proud history, having played in the French Championship Final in , and currently compete in Pro D2 , the second tier of French rugby. Rugby league is also played, by the AS Carcassonne club. They are involved in the Elite One Championship.

Puig Aubert is the most notable rugby league player to come from the Carcassonne club and the city has a bronze statue of him. Carcassonne is twinned with:. Military Wiki Explore. Popular pages. Project maintenance. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. For other uses, see Carcassonne disambiguation. Main article: County of Carcassonne.

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France. Alet, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Saint-Papoul. APA citation. Goyau, G. Carcassonne Carcassum. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. MLA citation. Goyau, Georges. New York: Robert Appleton Company, With thanks to Fr. John Hilkert, Akron, Ohio. Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. November 1, Remy Lafort, S. Contact information. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight.

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