The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 294
ed by merchants from Genoa,but it has long been little used, and all the commerce ofAigues Mortes has now died away. The walls of Aigues Mortes were traced out by StLouis, but the superstructure was executed by his son,Philip the Bold. The latter in 1272 took possession ofthe country of Toulouse… … 264 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. like the bastide of Carcassonne on the north side of theAude. The walls are built with solid masonry, havingthe natural surface left rough or bossy. Fifteen towerssurround the city and strengthen the curtains at theangles and on the flanks. There are nine gates, twoprincipal…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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