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Tourism in Languedoc

Accommodation and self catering in Languedoc Roussillon : Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozere, Pyrennes Orientales, nimes, montpellier, beziers, narbonne, perpignan, ales, carcassonne, lodeve,limoux, ceret, mont louis

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La Cité de Carcassonne

Throughout the centuries the historic site of Carcassonne has played a decisive role in the history of Languedoc. An Iron Age Oppidum transformed into a Roman town in the Ist Century BC, the city-state became the possession of the powerful Viscount Trencavel who ruled over Bas-Languedoc. At the end of the crusade against the Albigensians the city, with its improved fortifications, became one of the strongholds symbolising royal power on the...