{"id":24,"date":"2006-11-18T13:29:49","date_gmt":"2006-11-18T03:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=24"},"modified":"2006-11-18T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2006-11-18T03:29:49","slug":"notes-from-france-carcassonne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/france\/notes-from-france-carcassonne","title":{"rendered":"Carcassonne &#8211; Country Roads of France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This was the medieval town I was most looking forward to and it was impressive.\u00a0 The perfectly restored medieval walled town lies on the right bank of the River Aude and is featured on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list. It has\u00a052 towers and\u00a0two rings of town walls making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/France\/Carcassonne\/France_Helen_1113.jpg.html\" title=\"Carcassone, Provence, France\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/31600-2\/France_Helen_1113.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Carcassone, Provence, France\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Carcassone, Provence, France\" \/><\/a>a total of 3 km of battlements. Due to its strategic position, Carcassonne became a key element in medieval military conflicts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/31606-2\/France_Carcassonne_0004.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Carcassone Main Gate, Provence, France\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Carcassone Main Gate, Provence, France\" \/>You enter through a massive main gate and pass through the gigantic outer walls into the town area, with its narrow streets &#8211; no cars here &#8211; and hidden squares. To get into the main castle and keep costs\u00a05 euros.\u00a0The entrance to\u00a0it\u00a0from the town side has an effective defence system with two portcullises, a massive door and a machicolation (murder hole) through which projectiles could be dropped upon attackers.\u00a0 We particularly enjoyed walking along the hoarding which is a wooden gallery installed on top of the ramparts as an additional defence during sieges.\u00a0 Openings in the floor <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/31712-2\/France_Carcassonne_0041.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Carcassone, Provence, France\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Carcassone, Provence, France\" \/>allowed arrows to be fired and stones to be dropped from above.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, Carcassonne is an ideal location for filming and movies such as\u00a0Robin Hood:\u00a0Prince of Thieves was\u00a0made here.\u00a0 It would be interesting to see the movie again to see which scenes were shot around here.\u00a0 There is a lot to see here and we highly recommend that you hire the audio system when you enter the main castle which explains what each section is.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the medieval town I was most looking forward to and it was impressive.\u00a0 The perfectly restored medieval walled town lies on the right bank of the River Aude and is featured on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list. 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