Carcassonne double walled medieval castle, one of the top UNESCO WHS in Southern France
The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitania region. It is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude, in the south-eastern part of the city proper.
The citadel was restored at the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites because of its exceptional testimony to the architecture and planning of a medieval fortress town. Area 11 ha (27 acres)
Founded during the Gallo-Roman period, the citadel derives its reputation from its 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long double surrounding walls interspersed by 52 towers. The town has about 2,500 years of history and has been occupied in different ages by Romans, Visigoths, and Crusaders. At the beginning of its history it was a Gaulish settlement; in the 3rd century CE, the Romans decided to transform it into a fortified town.[4] The Roman defences were in place by 333 CE, when the town is described as a castellum. The original walls were supported by between 34 and 40 towers, spaced from 18 to 30 metres apart along the curtain wall. Each tower was semicircular in plan and about 14 metres tall. There were probably 40 main entrances to the town. The Gallo-Roman walls were rebuilt during the town’s occupation by the Visigoths in the 5th and 6th centuries, but the original structure remained in place.After 1226, an additional line of fortifications was added outside of the Roman walls. The town was finally annexed to the Kingdom of France in 1247. It provided a strong French frontier between France and the Crown of Aragon. During this period, the inner Roman walls were largely demolished and replaced, while the new outer walls were reinforced and extended to the south. The new towers built during this work were mainly circular, but two were square. Construction continued into the reign of King Philip IV in the early 14th century. In 1659, after the Treaty of the Pyrenees, the province of Roussillon became a part of France and the town lost its military significance.[6] Fortifications were abandoned and the town became one of the economic centres of France, concentrating on the woolen textile industry.
We made 2582 km road trip on a rented car from Lyon airport passing through 15 UNESCO World Heritage Sites , 20 destination , including La saline Royal, Vauban Fortifications and Cathedral in Besancon, Dijon Ducal Palace , Fonteney Abbey, Vezelay Basilica, Clermont-Ferrand, Chaine des Puys Volcano, Abbey of Saint Savin-sur-Gartempe, Limoges , Albi Cathedral, Canal du Midi , Carcassonne, Narbonne Cathedral, Roman Monuments/Arena in Nimes, Pont du Gard, Marseille, Arles, Avignon, Orange, Annecy in just 9 days. We had 2-year-old son with us on this trip
Overall, I visited by far a majority of UNESCO World Heritage sites in France (33 sites) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKXJvs-BJtjUYWmW8uPCpNm51GIqKopos
Some other videos representing 900+ video on my channel about the majority of 87 countries and 370 UNESCO World Heritage sites that I visited up to date
Louvre, the best Museum of the world: ~2000 images in 7.5 hours; drinking beauty with S22 https://youtu.be/mrlAbWYZc40
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam video https://youtu.be/XI3JOU1k3OI?si=k-XYdue220mrpaE3 Gallerie dell’ Accademia,Venice: masterpieces from Messina, Bellini, Leonardo to Titian & Veronese
New York City Metropolitan Museum of Arts , the largest museum in USA and the 4-th in the world
Santa Cruz the best Trek in Huaraz, Peru 4 day 52 km 4750 m above see level hiked by Victor, age 6
Video link https://youtu.be/fRwRyfw5nCk
Peter Bukasov the youngest ever climber to 6893m, Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano age 9 years Video link https://youtu.be/CM1b6pCAZGE
Alice Bukasova, age 11, the youngest girl to climb Ojos del Salado, 6893 m, the highest volcano https://youtu.be/LNKVzEBUd18
Lenin Peak Summit, 7134m, Kyrgyztan-Tajikistan); На вершине Пика Ленина, 7134м, Киргизия-Таджикистан
USA Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Hike: 42 km 17 h by 5 and nearly 7 year old girls with father in one day https://youtu.be/RQb6-hrSQMU
Capitol peak the most difficult 14000 ft mountain (4309 m) hiked by any 7 year old girl, NO rope https://youtu.be/_ZLppdtMFhs
Ojos Del Salada up to 6400 meters by nine year old girl https://youtu.be/FPiHPWh1xLE?si=dgQcUjDMKiVoFGpX
The most well rounded girl , Yunona Bukasova; Elbrus, 5642 m at age 9 and math IQ 190, age 10.5 https://youtu.be/CwBRBi8Qi1Y
The most well rounded: ultra-endurance of obese man who used to bench-press 163 kg Разносторонний