Miniature depicting Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209
Expansion of the Frankish Empire:Blue = realm of Pepin the Short in 758;Orange = expansion under Charlemagne until 814;Yellow = Marches and dependencies;Red = Papal States.
Lower town across the Aude river
Ville Basse from the walled city
The fortified city wall
Felice Varini, project "Concentric, eccentric" with concentric yellow circles, at Carcassonne for the 7th "IN SITU, Heritage and contemporary art" event in May 2018 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the inscription on the World Heritage List of UNESCO
