Carcassonne

In the ninth century the ruling comte was allied with the houses of Barcelona and Carcassonne.

He quitted it to lay siege to Carcassonne, which had been made by the Romans into the stronghold of Septimauia.

Gustave Nadauds lines on Carcassonne come very near to being the finest topographical verses ever penned.

Before taking leave of Carcassonne, poetic and picturesque, the most inveterate anti-sightseer should peep into its museum.