Carcassonne, the Medieval City in Black & White
For those of you who aren’t new here I should probably address a tiny elephant in the room. Today I’m blogging my photos of Carcassonne, and you may remember that I had them up before I removed all...
View ArticleThe Streets of Lower Carcassonne
Perched on top of a hill sits the medieval city of Carcassonne. At the foot of that hill is lower Carcassonne, a modestly sized city that hardly seems urban until the other side of the Aude. While the...
View ArticleThe Saint Nazaire in the Medieval City, Carcassonne
My visit to the Saint Nazaire basilica in Carcassonne was unplanned. Generally I’m not interested in churches, cathedrals, and so forth, and I don’t quite remember how I came to visit the basilica...
View ArticleThe Château Comtal in the Medieval City of Carcassonne
In the medieval city of Carcassonne is the Château Comtal, which was built and inhabited by the Trencavel family in the 11th century. Raymond-Roger Trencavel was the viscount of Carcassonne when the...
View ArticleCarcassonne, the Medieval City in Color
The medieval city of Carcassonne is a popular tourist attraction. Its old, narrow streets are littered with souvenir shops, cafes, and some attractions like museums and even a haunted house. Tourists...
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