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Carcassonne
The city of Carcassonne is encircled by a huge double row of fortified walls that run almost 2 miles long. The old city, a medieval fortress atop a hill, is an architectural marvel. The new city, across the Aude River, is a farm trade centre with rubber, shoe, and textile manufactures. The Romans fortified the hilltop site in the 1st cent. B.C.; towers built by the Visigoths are still intact and the viscounts of Carcassonne added to the fortifications in the 12th century.
The 2000 year old city of Carcassonne still stands today as the most successful achievement in military architecture of that time in Europe.
