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Title
Ramparts, battlements 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
716
uclamss_1411_0716
ark:/21198/zz002b6pz2
Language
English
Subject
International
Environment
Walls
Ramparts
Battlements
Round towers
Culture
Fortresses
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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