The Parapet walk(1). 콩탈성(Château Comtal). 카르카손(Carcassonne)

The Parapet walk(1). 콩탈성(Château Comtal).

카르카손(Carcassonne). 프랑스(France)

 

 

 

 

 

Midi courtyard

 

 

Midi courtyard

 

                              ▲ Basilique des St. Nazaire et Celse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basilique des St. Nazaire et Celse

 

 

 

Midi courtyard

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     ▲  Ticket Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

herses et assommoir

The castle entrance on the town side has an effective defense system with two portcullises,

a massive door and a machicolation.

Two portcullises were operated from control rooms on different floors, with no communication between them, to guard against possible treachery by soldiers.

The first portcullis passed through an opening in the floor which also served as a machicolation

through which projectiles mights be dropped upon attackers.

The second portcullis was operated from the lower level.

The entrance was also defended by two projecting towers with loopholes suitable for the firing

of bows and crossbows.

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le donjon

On the other side of the courtyard, the keep was part of the residence built by the Trencavels, whose façade reveals several phases of building. Above the line of holes the outline of caenellation is visible, which indicates a fortification, perhaps completed at the beginning of the 13th century, during the troubled period of the crusade against the Cathars. The crenellation waa filled in when the height of the keep was raised during the 13th century.

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le donjon

 

 

 

 

The hoardings

 

 

 

 

Main courtyard

 

 

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