France. Aude department. Occitanie region. Cite de Carcassonne. Medieval citadel. The architect Euge_ne Viollet-le-Duc renovated the fortress (1853-1879). Defensive towers of the Condal castle, residence of the Trencavell (12 th century). The king Jaime I, in his childhood, was imprisoned in this castle by order of the Lord of Montfort. In the background the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus.
France. Aude department. Occitanie region. Cite de Carcassonne. Medieval citadel. The architect Euge_ne Viollet-le-Duc renovated the fortress (1853-1879). Defensive towers of the Condal castle, residence of the Trencavell (12 th century). The king Jaime I, in his childhood, was imprisoned in this castle by order of the Lord of Montfort. In the background the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus.