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Le Petit Puits & Tour Balthazar - Carcassonne
Le Petit Puits & Tour Balthazar
by hquittner
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COFFEE BREAK ON THE ROAD
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    • LoriPori
  • Updated By LoriPori on December 24, 2004
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    • Wim and Lori - Carcassonne
    Wim and Lori
    by LoriPori
    Thursday, September 2, Hans, Wim and I have made our way through Le Puy-en-Velay ( on the N102), along the route "Gorges du Tarn", Millau (along the N88), and made a rest stop in Malene for a coffee break.
    In this accompanying photo, Wim and I relax on the patio of a Deli in Malene.
    Our next destination --- Carcassonne.

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    NARBONNE ---CATHEDRALE ST. JUST
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  • By LoriPori on December 24, 2004
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    • Frescoe in the Cathedral - Carcassonne
    Frescoe in the Cathedral
    by LoriPori
    On Saturday, September 23 after departing Carcassonnne, we stopped and visited in Narbonne, which is east of Carcassonne. We visited the magnificent CATHEDRALE ST. JUST. The accompanying photo depicts just one of the many beautiful frescoes inside the Cathedral.

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    Sacred Nasar Legend
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  • Updated By Kuznetsov_Sergey on December 11, 2006
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    • Carcassonne - Sacred Nasar Basil - Carcassonne
    Carcassonne - Sacred Nasar
    Basil
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey
    Once in dream Nasar's mother appeared and advised to go to Gallia. He reached those places where Carcassonne stands now. He was seized by Romans, and chained in a circuit.

    A boy by name Zelsiy saw it, and sympathized with him. Then he was chained as well in a circuit and sent both to Rome to Neron.

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    Sacred Nasar Legend (cont)
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  • Updated By Kuznetsov_Sergey on December 11, 2006
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    • Carcassonne - Sacred Nasar Basil - Carcassonne
    Carcassonne - Sacred Nasar
    Basil
    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.

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    NARBONNE ---CATHEDRAL
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    • LoriPori
  • Updated By LoriPori on December 8, 2006
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    • Narbonne - Cathedral - Carcassonne
    Narbonne - Cathedral
    by LoriPori, 4 more photos
    On Saturday, September 23, Hans. Wim and I visited the Beautiful Cathedral in Narbonne, the CATHEDRALE ST. JUST. Laying of the first stone - 1272. The two towers, 194 feet tall and dating from 1480, provide wonderful views of the surrounding countryside.
    Free admittance.

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    Sacred Nasar basil
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  • Updated By Kuznetsov_Sergey on December 11, 2006
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    • Carcassonne - Sacred Nasar basil - Carcassonne
    Carcassonne - Sacred Nasar
    basil
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey
    The main sight of an internal part of the top city is the Sacred Nasar basil. The following is known about him from "history of Lombardy", written by a dominican monk in 1230.

    Nasar was a son of a Jew Afranius and Sacred Perpetuya who was a very devout Roman. She was christened by St Peter. Nasar followed his mother and was christened. In order to prevent prosecutions for belief, parents asked the son to leave Rome. He went to the north in a company of seven samaritans.

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    Place du Grand Puits
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  • By leics on April 16, 2006
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    • Place du Grand Puits - Carcassonne
    Place du Grand Puits
    by leics
    This is the oldest well in La Cite (there are 22 altogether), but it would be very easy to miss (I almost did). It may well date from the Roman occupation of the site and, according to legend, the Visigoths hid their treasure from Solomon's temple in it. Strangely, the water has often been said to be unfit for human consumption!

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    A beautiful Pieta
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  • By leics on April 16, 2006
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    • Pieta - Carcassonne
    Pieta
    by leics
    Tucked away in the Basilica de St Nazaire et St Celse, in La Cite, is this rather lovely Pieta. It dates (I think) from the 1500's, but is not noteworthy enough for me to find any written information on it in my papers. I think it is beautiful.

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    Visit the cemetery.
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  • Updated By fossettes on April 30, 2003
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    • A view from the ramparts from the cemetery. - Carcassonne
    A view from the ramparts from
    the cemetery.
    by fossettes
    This really isn't an off the beaten track tip since the Carcassonne cemetery is located right next to the main entrance of La Cité, (Porte Narbonnaise) but since I never see anybody in the this cemetery, I decided to put it here!

    If you have never been to a French cemetery or a cemetery with above ground tombs, you may find this interesting. The tombs are elaborately decorated with photographs of the deceased, artificial and real flowers and plants, ceramic floral wreaths and bouquets, and religous items. Personally, I enjoy strolling through looking for the oldest graves, calculating the ages of people when they died, and wondereing about their lives.

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    Roman fortifications.
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  • By leics on April 16, 2006
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    • Tower based on Roman levels. - Carcassonne
    Tower based on Roman
    levels.
    by leics
    It's easy to miss the Roman parts of La Cite if you don't know what to look for. The inner walls of La cite date from these times and, from Les Lices (the lists) you can see the evidence in some places. Look for regular rubble stone levels intersected with layers of thin red brick (classic Roman building style). The towers based on Roman building are horseshoe-shaped.

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