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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Exterior view of the ramparts, round towers, and battlements (crenelations) around 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
710 uclamss_1411_0710 ark:/21198/zz002b6prz
Language
English
Subject
Environment War Walls Ramparts Battlements Round towers Government Fortresses
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