Image / Ramparts and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

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Title: Ramparts and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929
Alternative Title: Carcassonne
Contributor: Cornell, Ralph D.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1929
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information: copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Battlements (crenelations) and conical towers in the fortified French town of Carcassonne. The town was officially founded in the fifth century but the settlement was fortified by the Romans even earlier. Structures include fifty-three towers and a double ring of ramparts around the outskirts of the town.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Carcasonne 1929
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 709
uclamss_1411_0709
ark:/21198/zz002b6pqf
Language: English
Subject: International
Landmarks
Walls
Ramparts
Battlements
Round towers
Culture
Fortresses
Source: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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