Carcassonne dopo un acquazzone
A big mirror
il vecchio lavatoio
the harbour of my town - Savona
X sedeveria
Il fiore del sole
un vulcano di ... nuvolette :)
San Magno Sanctuary
saint paulia
Mondovì Piazza
Mondovì e la sua funicolare
Funicolar Railway - Mondovì
gli innamorati
a succulent from my balcony
a succulent from my balcony
from my "succulent" balcony ;-)
il gatto con gli stivali e l'uomo invisibile
texture - the wall
La biglietteria
a little heart
aspettando il concerto
les Pirénées
sunset
Xants
timo - thyme
il fiore di un giorno
Domaine Caillaubert - famille Tariquet
Tariquet - Domaine Caillaubert
Tariquet - Domaine Caillaubert
souvenir du printemps
bargigli al vento
scenetta bucolica a Ladevèze Ville
Notre Dame de Castex - Ladevèze Ville
una ricca Meillandina
a dawn from my balcony
auguro a tutti un 2014 senza spine !
un tappeto di ombrellini bianchi
a rosy 2014 to all !
luci e ombre
antiche arcate
una burrosa rosellina
Rain
night in Carmagnola
Passaggio coperto a Zurigo
margherita autunnale
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Framing Carcassonne


The fortified city consists essentially of a concentric design with two outer walls with towers and barbicans to prevent attack by siege engines. The castle itself possesses its own drawbridge and ditch leading to a central keep. The walls consist of towers built over quite a long period. One section is Roman and is notably different from the medieval walls with the tell-tale red brick layers and the shallow pitch terracotta tile roofs. One of these towers housed the Catholic Inquisition in the 13th Century and is still known as "The Inquisition Tower".
Carcassonne was struck off the roster of official fortifications under Napoleon and the Restoration, and the fortified cité of Carcassonne fell into such disrepair that the French government decided that it should be demolished. A decree to that effect that was made official in 1849 caused an uproar. The antiquary and mayor of Carcassonne, Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille, and the writer Prosper Mérimée, the first inspector of ancient monuments, led a campaign to preserve the fortress as a historical monument. Later in the year the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, already at work restoring the Basilica of Saint-Nazaire, was commissioned to renovate the place.
In 1853, works began with the west and southwest walling, followed by the towers of the porte Narbonnaise and the principal entrance to the cité. The fortifications were consolidated here and there, but the chief attention was paid to restoring the roofing of the towers and the ramparts, where Viollet-le-Duc ordered the destruction of structures that had encroached against the walls, some of them of considerable age. Viollet-le-Duc left copious notes and drawings on his death in 1879, when his pupil Paul Boeswillwald, and later the architect Nodet continued the rehabilitation of Carcassonne.
The restoration was strongly criticized during Viollet-le-Duc's lifetime. Fresh from work in the north of France, he made the error of using slates and restoring the roofs as point-free environment. Yet, overall, Viollet-le-Duc's achievement at Carcassonne is agreed to be a work of genius, though not of the strictest authenticity.
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Carcassonne was struck off the roster of official fortifications under Napoleon and the Restoration, and the fortified cité of Carcassonne fell into such disrepair that the French government decided that it should be demolished. A decree to that effect that was made official in 1849 caused an uproar. The antiquary and mayor of Carcassonne, Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille, and the writer Prosper Mérimée, the first inspector of ancient monuments, led a campaign to preserve the fortress as a historical monument. Later in the year the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, already at work restoring the Basilica of Saint-Nazaire, was commissioned to renovate the place.
In 1853, works began with the west and southwest walling, followed by the towers of the porte Narbonnaise and the principal entrance to the cité. The fortifications were consolidated here and there, but the chief attention was paid to restoring the roofing of the towers and the ramparts, where Viollet-le-Duc ordered the destruction of structures that had encroached against the walls, some of them of considerable age. Viollet-le-Duc left copious notes and drawings on his death in 1879, when his pupil Paul Boeswillwald, and later the architect Nodet continued the rehabilitation of Carcassonne.
The restoration was strongly criticized during Viollet-le-Duc's lifetime. Fresh from work in the north of France, he made the error of using slates and restoring the roofs as point-free environment. Yet, overall, Viollet-le-Duc's achievement at Carcassonne is agreed to be a work of genius, though not of the strictest authenticity.
I like the result of the restoration, and you ?
Do not use any of my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission.
All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci
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