. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . /2 w^^^^SI^ ? J. THE PORTE DE laUDE, CARCASSONNE. 356 CARCASSONNE Though somewhat over-restored by Viollet-le-Duc,the towered walls give an excellent idea of the appear-ance of a medieval town from a distance. There isa double girdle of walls, with sixteen towers in theouter and twenty-six in the inner, united by curtainwalls, the great square Bishops tower joining them onthe west. There are only two gateways (though therewere also posterns in both enceintes)—the Porte Nar-bonnaise, defended by two g
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . /2 w^^^^SI^ ? J. THE PORTE DE laUDE, CARCASSONNE. 356 CARCASSONNE Though somewhat over-restored by Viollet-le-Duc,the towered walls give an excellent idea of the appear-ance of a medieval town from a distance. There isa double girdle of walls, with sixteen towers in theouter and twenty-six in the inner, united by curtainwalls, the great square Bishops tower joining them onthe west. There are only two gateways (though therewere also posterns in both enceintes)—the Porte Nar-bonnaise, defended by two great beaked towers, and thePorte de IAude, outside of which was the great bar-bican, united to the city by a crenellated and stronglydefended road. The Church of S. Gimer now occupiespart of its site. The river then ran much nearer tothe walls, but, notwithstanding, it was the want ofwater which obliged the garrison to surrender to Simonde Montfort in 1209. The reconstruction of the castle and the restorationof several Visigothic towers probably took place about1130, and under S. Louis it was again resto
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