Title
Preview
Caption
City of Carcassonne - The fantastic City of Carcassone, bristling with towers and jagged with battlements, unfolds a double ring of gigantic walls. Formidable citadel with Roman and Visigoth towers; castle, posterns, barbicans and ramparts of the XIIIIth century above which stands a magnificent cathedral. It constitutes a complete, striking example of a fortified town of the Middle Ages.
Physical Description
One black and white postcard with a divided back.
Condition
Unused
Language of Postcard
English
Location
France–Languedoc-Roussillon–Carcassonne
Date Issued
1908-
Object Type
Postcard
Object Size
14 X 09 cm
Original Collection
San Diego College for Women Postcard Collection
Digital Collection
French Postcard Colleciton
Digital Publisher
Copley Library. University of San Diego
Collection Number
Languedoc-Roussillon-11
Date Digitized
2014-06-24
Image Format
Image/JPEG
Repository
Special Collections. Copley Library, University of San Diego
Image File Location
Archives\SDCW Postcard Collection\France\Languedouc-Roussillon-11A
Image File Size
421 KB
Copyright
Copyright not Evaluated
Keywords
Carcassonne (France), Forts & fortifications, Rivers, Bridges