Medieval Cité of Carcassonne. 29.08.10 019

Medieval Cité of Carcassonne.

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September 6th 2010
Anne: On the morning that we left my cousin Paul's house we travelled about half an hour to Carcassonne. Here they have a medieval Cité which I really wanted to visit as it is the setting of the book I was reading, Sepulture by Kate Mosse. It was baking hot when we got there and there were hundreds and hundreds of tourists! We had a walk around the inner Cité and I took loads of photos but the m ... read more

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