Porte d’Aude
Fortified western gate reached by a steep hairpin ramp once swept by fire from the ramparts.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Porte d'Aude, the western gate of the Cité of Carcassonne, treats the climb itself as the story: a medieval approach engineered, stone by stone, against anyone arriving uninvited. It follows the ramp, the gates and the walls that shaped every step an attacker took, and touches on the lost barbican by the river Aude and the church that later rose in its place. Best heard standing on the ramp, just below the first bend.
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