Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 176
restoration of VioUet le Due,we see it to-day as it existed in mediaevaltimes. Its very site, a promontory risingabruptly from the plain, is a natural strong-hold, and its double row of encircling wallssentinelled by forty-eight towers give the im-pression that all the castles of France havemade it… … WALLS OF CARCASSONNE.By permission of Neurdein Freres. The Red Box 121 repel and strong to hold, the massive wallscould fold their citizens in safe embrace andcould be cruel beyond belief, for they formedat their strongest angle the prisons of the In-quisition. Terrible tragedies have been en-acted…
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