Miniature depicting Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209
Expansion of the Frankish Empire:Blue = realm of Pepin the Short in 758;Orange = expansion under Charlemagne until 814;Yellow = Marches and dependencies;Red = Papal States.
This medieval drawing of Carcassonne from 1462, discovered by Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille in the Gaignires collection of the Bibliothque Royale, had a major influence on the project to restore Carcassonne. It reinforced Viollet-le-Duc's idea that all of the towers were topped with conical roof trussing.[15]
Lower town across the Aude river
The fortified city wall
Felice Varini, project "Concentric, eccentric" with concentric yellow circles, at Carcassonne for the 7th "IN SITU, Heritage and contemporary art" event in May 2018 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the inscription on the World Heritage List of UNESCO
Miniature depicting Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209
Expansion of the Frankish Empire:Blue = realm of Pepin the Short in 758;Orange = expansion under Charlemagne until 814;Yellow = Marches and dependencies;Red = Papal States.
