Fortress

Chateau Comtal Fortress Museum Saint Nazaire the street 1976 Visit

Fortress

 

where the tourists enter the Carcassonne fortifications

 

between the double walls

 

stairs to the ramparts

 

outer moat

 

 

inner tower

 

Porte Narbonnaise

 

city protector

 

back alley

 

barbican bridge

 

 

ramparts

 

 

 

 

the barbican

 

 

mechanism for barring the main gate

 

wooden protection on the ramparts for the crossbow archers

 

 

 

 

 

defensive tower

 

along the wall

 

what is this?

 

street along the wall

 

the street

 

muddy water running out on a very rainy day

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Chateau Comtal Fortress Museum Saint Nazaire the street 1976 Visit

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