How did Carcassonne get it's name, you ask?
by fossettes
By the mid-8th century "Pepin the Short", first Carolingian king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne, had been very busy taking back almost every part of the South of France from the Saracens, except for Carcassonne, because of it's impenatrable fortress. After a very long siege, the Franks hoped that the battered inhabitants of Carcassonne would soon starve and surrender. But Dame Carcas, the Sarrasin's widow, came up with a clever plan. She had a pig fed and fattened with the last sacks of grain the inhabitants could find. When the pig was fat enough, it was thrown over the ramparts. When the Franks saw this heathy animal explode they assumed there was plenty of meat and grain available still and deduced that the siege would not end soon. So, they abandonned their fight and left. Dame Carcas had the bells rung all day long to announce the victory. According to the legend, Dame "Carcas sonne" les cloches (rings the bells), and this is where the name of the City comes from.
A statue to honor Dame Carcas is found at the entrance to the city The ham steaks! Just kidding!
Romantisme
by Klod5
Sous l'impulsion du courant romantique, de l'engouement pour les sites pittoresques et la beauté des ruines, la cité va émerger de l'indifférence dans laquelle on la tenait. L'ensemble des estampes sur la vieille citadelle couvre la période qui va de 1830 à 1850, date de début des travaux de restauration qui vont transformer le statut et l'image du lieu. Under the impulse of the romantic current, of the obstruction for the picturesque sites and the beauty of the ruins, the city is going to emerge the indifference in which one held it. The set of the engravings on the old citadel cover the period that goes from 1830 to 1850, date of beginning of the restoration works that is going to transform the statute and the picture of the place.
Le Musée de la torture
by Klod5
Ce n'est ni le train-fantôme, ni la "maison hantée" mais vous aurez sûrement plus peur. Le musée de la torture situé dans la citée médiévale de Carcassonne est en fait celui de l'Inquisition, cette organisation toute-puissante qui a poursuivi durant quelques siècles tous les ennemis (ou supposés tels) du catholicisme : hérétiques, adorateurs du diable et même sorcières...
Le musée en présente l'histoire et les instruments de torture, utilisés jusqu'à la Révolution française. Il met ces instruments en situation réaliste avec des mannequins, et propose au visiteur un parcours rempli d'histoires vraies.
Ames sensibles, s'abstenir....
The museum of the torture situated in the quoted medieval of Carcassonne is in fact the one of the Inquisition, this almighty organization that pursued during some centuries all enemies (supposed such either) of the Catholicism : heretical, worshippers of the devil and even witches...
The museum of it present history and the instruments of torture, used until the French Revolution. It puts these instruments in realistic situation with models, and propose to the visitor a course filled of true histories.
Sensitive souls, to abstain....
Sacred Nasar Legend (cont)
by Kuznetsov_Sergey
The Imperator ordered to throw them in a dungeon, but at this time whence there was a set of wild animals which begaun to protect Nasar and Zelsiy, breaking off on pieces the Roman soldier.
Then Neron ordered to get rid at any cost from Nasar and Zelsiy and to expel them from Rome. But they left accompanied by wild animals and reached Milan. Subsequently they were carried to a Sacred rank.
They serve onion soup...................
by leics about Can't remember.................
.......................but you can't really miss it, as it's the cafe next to the only set of traffic lights in La Cite! Small, crowded, serving a variety of snacks and meals as well as being a bar. Very pleasant place to sit and warm up, with good-sized servings.
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Carcassonne, windows of the cathedral
Carcassonne, La Cité
La Cité/The Fortified City (Carcassonne, France)
La Cité/The Fortified City (Carcassonne, France)
