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Article: On the trail of
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 17, 1996
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{DD} 17:04:96
{XX} travel
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{HH} Wonder walls
{JJ} The splendid fortifications of Carcassonne cannot hold back
a tourist invasion. By John Watkins
{BB} John Watkins
{TT} In 1844, a French architect, Viollet-le-Duc, and an
archaeologist, JP Cros-Mayrevieille, began the reconstruction of a
crumbling fortress at Carcassonne, in south-west France. Derelict
shops and houses were refurbished and 50 rounded towers with
pointed roofs graced the city's walls once more. In time, coach and
car parks were built, a tourist office was installed in the Porte
Narbonnaise and a train dropped yet more visitors outside the
imposing drawbridge.
A Cathar stronghold during the 12th century, ...