Castles and chateaux of old Navarre and the Basque Provinces, including also Foix, Roussillon and Béarn (1907)
Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L.C. Page & Company · leaf 232
se on foot. Verily, the walls seem to closebehind the visitor as he makes his way to thetopmost height, up the narrow cobble-pavedlanes. Four great gates, one within another,and four walls have to be passed before oneis properly within the outer defences. To enterthe Cite there is yet another… … The JJdlh of Carcassonne The Walls of Carcassonne 167 fortifying ramparts unroll the narrow ribbonsof roadway which a foe would find impossibleto pass. Finally, within the last line of defence, onthe tiny wall-surrounded plateau, rises the oldChateau de Trencavel, its high coiffed towersrising into…
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