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Title
Distant view of 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.
View over a field of the fortified French town of Carcassonne in the distance. 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
uclamss_1411_0712
712
ark:/21198/zz002b6pt0
Language
English
Subject
International
Environment
Walls
Ramparts
Fields (land)
Round towers
Fortresses
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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