Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix, & Roussillon (1912)
Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : Dutton · leaf 428
t his death occurred before the workwas finished, and it is to his son, Philippe le Hardi,that the strongest portions of the fortifications are due,distinguishable by the bossed masonry. The greatBishops tower, the Tour Mipadre at the south-westangle, and the towers of the Tresau and the… … 358 CARCASSONNE Porte Narbonnaise, which shows it with a pointed roof,indicating the use of slate, as well as the fact thatamong the debris at the foot of the towers manyfragments of slate were found. The castle of the Viscounts is now a caserne. Ithas nine towers, one of which (a slender square…
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