Inhoudsopgave
Waarom is de stad Carcassonne beroemd?
Middeleeuws Carcassonne en de beroemde citadel Vandaag de dag geniet Carcassonne wereldwijde bekendheid vanwege de UNESCO-classificatie van de Bastide Saint Louis en de ommuurde citadel en vanwege zijn ligging naast het Canal du Midi.
Wie was de baas in Carcassonne?
UNESCO-volgnr. Carcassonne, Occitaans: Carcassona, is een vestingstad in Frankrijk….Carcassonne (stad)
| Stad in Frankrijk | |
|---|---|
| Inwoners (1 jan. 2017) | 46.031 (707,1 inw./km²) |
| Hoogte | 81 – 250 m |
| Burgemeester | Gérard Larrat (2020-2026) |
| Overig |
Where is Carcassonne located?
Located in the department of Aude, near Toulouse and Montpellier, Carcassonne enjoys a strategic location between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Is Carcassonne a good game to start with?
Carcassonne is considered to be an excellent “gateway game” by many board game players as it is a game that can be used to introduce new players to board games. The rules are simple, no one is ever eliminated, and the play is fast. A typical game, without any expansions, takes about 45 minutes to play.
What happened to Raymond de Trencavel in the Battle of Carcassonne?
Viscount Raymond-Roger de Trencavel was imprisoned whilst negotiating his city’s surrender and died in mysterious circumstances three months later in his own dungeon. The people of Carcassonne were allowed to leave—in effect, expelled from their city with nothing more than the shirt on their backs.
When was the citadel of Carcassonne built?
Its strategic location led successive rulers to expand its fortifications until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. Its citadel, known as the Cité de Carcassonne, is a medieval fortress dating back to the Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1853.