Carcassonne Celebrates UNESCO Anniversary With art
Carcassonn -France- is a medieval city in the south of France and has two sites classified by UNESCO on the list of World Heritage: the medieval city, double unice fortress in Europe, and the Canal du Midi.
![The Swiss artist Ticino Felice Varin ; "eccentric concentric circles" Artistic Walls of Carcassonne The Swiss artist Ticino Felice Varin ; "eccentric concentric circles" Artistic Walls of Carcassonne](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180516_183945.jpg)
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Carcassonne is an example (one of the few remaining) of a fortified medieval city with an great defensive system that surrounds the castle and its dependencies. It also has a Gothic cathedral, a Christian Cathedral Catara and many urban buildings and streets of medieval origin. They are preserved because the area was not affected by the three wars they had with the Germans. 1870, 1914 (WWI) and 1939 (WWII).
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This year of 2018 was celebrated the 20th anniversary of the inscription of the city as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO: the Swiss artist Ticino Felice Varin was contracted to pine a work called “eccentric concentric circles”. They can be enjoyed until September 2018
![Defense towers on the second wall - Carcassonne Celebrates UNESCO Anniversary With art Carcassonn -France- is a medieval city in the south of France and has two sites classified by UNESCO on the list of World Heritage: the medieval city, double unice fortress in Europe, and the Canal du Midi. Defense towers on the second wall - Carcassonne Celebrates UNESCO Anniversary With art Carcassonn -France- is a medieval city in the south of France and has two sites classified by UNESCO on the list of World Heritage: the medieval city, double unice fortress in Europe, and the Canal du Midi.](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Carcassone-clastle-1.jpg)
Defensive Walls of Carcassonne
The walled city of Carcassonne is composed of two concentric walls that completely surround the city. Before the first wall there is also a very deep defensive pit. Within the City there is another walled castle with a pit as the last line of defense. This castle is called castle condal
![Entrance to the city. Night View Entrance to the city. Night View](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/carcassone-castle-nigth.jpg)
![View of the defense street between the first and second walls - View of the defense street between the first and second walls](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180516_180230.jpg)
![Internal view of the defense street between the first and second walls Internal view of the defense street between the first and second walls](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180516_181425.jpg)
How much does it cost to visit these walls?
The first and second walls are free. To visit El Castillo Condal you have to pay. although it is worth visiting.
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![nside the county castle. Third and last line of defense nside the county castle. Third and last line of defense](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180519_151610.jpg)
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![Defensive pit Towers and battlements for archers in the county castle. Defensive pit Towers and battlements for archers in the county castle.](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180519_143049.jpg)
![Night View of Carcassonne Walls Night View of Carcassonne Walls](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180518_213302.jpg)
![One of the guard and defense towers of the first perimeter One of the guard and defense towers of the first perimeter](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180516_175847.jpg)
![Several guard and defense towers of the first perimeter Several guard and defense towers of the first perimeter](https://traveling-cook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180516_175859.jpg)
How to get to Carcassone: Any airline to London, Paris, Madrid or any European capital
From London, Paris or Madrid: Airplane to the city of Toulouse
From Toulouse: Train or by car on motorway A61 (one hour)
From Barcelona . Train AVE station Sants (two and a half hours)
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I wish I could put in words that would romantically describe the feeling this city surounds you with when you go to sleep here. Nothing like it.
Totally agree