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Our beautiful, recently renovated
cottage is situated 20 minutes
from mediaeval
Carcassonne,
with its quaint, narrow cobbled streets, open air market, and its
castle, famous film set for Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.
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Carcassonne is a magnificent and fascinating fortified mediaeval
citadel near the Canal du Midi, both are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage sites.
Map of the Cite and old town of Carcassonne
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Carcassonne (Carcassona in
Occitan)
is a fortified French
city, in the Aude département,
of which it is the préfecture,
in the former province
of Languedoc.
Population (1990): 44,911. It is 90 km (56 miles) south-east of Toulouse.
It stands in the valley between the Pyrenees
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Centrale of France. |
Markets
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Some of the local produce to be seen in the
market on Saturday morning in Carcassonne.
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The Canal du Midi
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Lower town, the Bastide St Louis |
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General
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