Château et remparts de la cité de Carcassonne
Medieval fortress with a counts' castle, double ring of ramparts and dozens of towers.
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This audio guide to the castle and ramparts of the Cité de Carcassonne sets aside knights and sieges for one summer in twenty eighteen, when the Swiss artist Felice Varini turned the western walls into a canvas. It follows the optical trick behind his yellow rings and the residents who wanted them gone. Best heard on the western side, looking up toward the Porte d'Aude.
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