The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 287
s it is interrupted by the towers(Fig. 114), and passes through them ; in other cases it iscarried round the exterior of the towers on the side nextthe town,—the former towers being posts for guards and sen-tinels, and the latter being intended to serve as independentposts for defence. Access to… … CARCASSONNE. 257 The ramparts of Carcassonne have been to a largeextent restored within recent years; but still remainuntouched on the eastern side {see Fig. 112), wherehouses have been erected against the inner and uponthe top of the outer walls, so as to convert the licesinto a street. On this…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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