Madame Carcas


The folk etymology à â â involving a chà  telaine named Carcas a ruse ending a siege and the joyous ringing of bells Carcas sonne à â â though memorialized in a neo Gothic sculpture of Mme Carcas on a column near the Narbonne Gate is of modern invention The fortress was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997


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