Matthieu
November 20th, 2004, 07:51 PM
I know it's a rate our architecture forum and not a rate our city forum. But how the hell do you want me to split in several smaller buildings?
Here is the city Carcassonne, too good to be true IMO.
Trace of first of first settlement in Carcassonne can be tracked up to 3500BC. Yet the city wasn't founded at this time. Yet it's one of the oldest city of Europe. Carcassonna in our old language, was really founded in 100BC by the roman who fortified it and made it an important trading point between Tolosa and Narbonensis. The Visigoths fortified it even more in 600 and make it really impressive and placed their legendary treasure (now lost) inside its walls, the Franks after successfully defeating the Visigoths and their capital Toulouse, failed to take Carcassonne. The Sarracens took after they took over the Visigoths' second capital (Toledo). Then Pippin, son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne drove them out. It became part of the County of Toulouse and so was allied with the kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona. Depending of the family alliances it passed either from the County of Toulouse or Barcelona, but didn't had to suffer any conflicts since the two families were allied and friends. After Simon de Montfort exterminated the people of Bezier he turned his attention toward Carcassonne but first failed to took the rempart down, yet he cut all source of water of the city and finally Carcassonne surrendered at the city its people wouldn't be whiped like in Bezier. Later he was killed in Toulouse but it's a different story. The city then became part of the Kingdom of France, as the County of Toulouse passed under the crown of the French Kings (becomming the province of Languedoc), and became a citadel against Aragon. During the 100 years' war the Black Prince marched toward Carcassonne as the County of Toulouse refused to recognise him. Failed to take city but as a vengeance he destroyed all the lower city. In 1659, Roussillon (northern Catalonia) passed to France after the treaty of the pyrenees during the 30 years' war. And therefore Carcassonne lost its strategic position.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Carcassonnevineyards.jpg
http://www.le-guide.com/laportedecarcassonne/photos/carcassonne-g.jpg
http://www.cathares.org/P12-12-11a-carcassonne.jpg
http://www.khleweke.de/Languedoc-Rousillion%202003/images/006_Blick%20von%20der%20Pont%20Vieux%20auf%20die%20Cit%E9%2C%20Carcassonne.JPG
http://www.tjscafe.com/images/living_room/i-france/f03_Carcassonne.jpg
Here is the city Carcassonne, too good to be true IMO.
Trace of first of first settlement in Carcassonne can be tracked up to 3500BC. Yet the city wasn't founded at this time. Yet it's one of the oldest city of Europe. Carcassonna in our old language, was really founded in 100BC by the roman who fortified it and made it an important trading point between Tolosa and Narbonensis. The Visigoths fortified it even more in 600 and make it really impressive and placed their legendary treasure (now lost) inside its walls, the Franks after successfully defeating the Visigoths and their capital Toulouse, failed to take Carcassonne. The Sarracens took after they took over the Visigoths' second capital (Toledo). Then Pippin, son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne drove them out. It became part of the County of Toulouse and so was allied with the kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona. Depending of the family alliances it passed either from the County of Toulouse or Barcelona, but didn't had to suffer any conflicts since the two families were allied and friends. After Simon de Montfort exterminated the people of Bezier he turned his attention toward Carcassonne but first failed to took the rempart down, yet he cut all source of water of the city and finally Carcassonne surrendered at the city its people wouldn't be whiped like in Bezier. Later he was killed in Toulouse but it's a different story. The city then became part of the Kingdom of France, as the County of Toulouse passed under the crown of the French Kings (becomming the province of Languedoc), and became a citadel against Aragon. During the 100 years' war the Black Prince marched toward Carcassonne as the County of Toulouse refused to recognise him. Failed to take city but as a vengeance he destroyed all the lower city. In 1659, Roussillon (northern Catalonia) passed to France after the treaty of the pyrenees during the 30 years' war. And therefore Carcassonne lost its strategic position.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Carcassonnevineyards.jpg
http://www.le-guide.com/laportedecarcassonne/photos/carcassonne-g.jpg
http://www.cathares.org/P12-12-11a-carcassonne.jpg
http://www.khleweke.de/Languedoc-Rousillion%202003/images/006_Blick%20von%20der%20Pont%20Vieux%20auf%20die%20Cit%E9%2C%20Carcassonne.JPG
http://www.tjscafe.com/images/living_room/i-france/f03_Carcassonne.jpg