. Art in France. 91 FIG. 181.—CHATEAU OF ANGERS. {Pholo. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE. FIG. >ll) liolSKS XT BAYKIX. (Iholo. Neurdein.) fortresses; the stone girdle hadto be removed or it wouldhave strangled the growing com-munity. Only some few towns,such as Dinan (Fig. 171) andSaint Malo in Brittany, andProvins in the Ue-de-France, havepreserved large portions of theirancient ramparts. But thereare three southern cities wherethese are almost intact: Car-cassonne (Figs. 177, 178),Aigues-Mortes (Fig. 166) andAvignon (Fig. 179). Aigues-Mortes was the crea-tion of Saint Louis and ofPhilip the

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. Art in France. 91 FIG. 181.—CHATEAU OF ANGERS. {Pholo. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE. FIG. >ll) liolSKS XT BAYKIX. (Iholo. Neurdein.) fortresses; the stone girdle hadto be removed or it wouldhave strangled the growing com-munity. Only some few towns,such as Dinan (Fig. 171) andSaint Malo in Brittany, andProvins in the Ue-de-France, havepreserved large portions of theirancient ramparts. But thereare three southern cities wherethese are almost intact: Car-cassonne (Figs. 177, 178),Aigues-Mortes (Fig. 166) andAvignon (Fig. 179). Aigues-Mortes was the crea-tion of Saint Louis and ofPhilip the Bold. The kingsof France coveted an outlookupon the Mediterranean. Hence this fortified town, rising fromthe flat shore, is quite unlike the usual Acropolis. The nature ofthe ground did not necessitate an elaborate plan; the masonry is theonly eminence in the this desert of sand and ofpools rises a quadrilateral struc-ture of uniform walls flanked bytowers of equal height. Thewhole has a stunted look in alandscape the infinite lines ofwhich enhance the drowsyhorlzon

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