Like a window had been thrown open inside my head and my heart, where there had been closed shutters before. — Malorie Blackman
This is the fourth and last of my series about Carcassonne. This is also for Ludwig’s Monday Windows Challenge. Here we saw quite a number of old houses…some with widely opened windows and some with partly closed shutters.
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Carcassonne is sort of divided into two cities, both medieval, but on the north side of the river Aude is the hilltop Citadel, La Cite, which I have posted previously. And on the south side of the river is La Bastide or Saint-Louie Bastide or the Ville Basse (lower city). This is a medieval town as well, as it was built in 1247 under the reign of Louis IX.
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The Bastide Saint-Louie is the historic centre of the city and it has retained its medieval streets and ancient buildings and gorgeous windows.
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A beautiful place. Wonderful photos. Thank you!
Glad you liked it Ludwig.
Ah, memories! When we lived in France, this was one of our nearest cities (albeit a couple of hours away), so these shots look nostalgically familiar.
Those would be nice memories. Where are you based now? Sorry I may have asked before but I forgot.
We’re near Ripon North Yorkshire. Very different!
True…very different.