Antique 101 years old ESSI 1921 Guide Book Carcassonne Paperback Travel Map with ads & illustrations. Great shape for age of item. Had writing, markings and wear. Guide measures approximately 9.5 inches by 5 1/8 inches. Color Fold Out Map is suitable for framing. Expanded map measures approximately 13.25 inches by 12.5 inches. Part of page 3 below as translated by Google. CARCASSONNE PERMANENT AND ORGANIZED TOURISM CENTER Carcassonne is a classified tourist centre, recognized by law, made marvelously attractive: 1° – By the presence – next to the lower town, properly speaking, relatively modern since it dates back Louis – of another complete, fortified city, raised on the hill dominating the right bank of the Aude: the world famous “Ancient City of Carcassonne”, whose origin is lost in the mists of time. 20 – By the grouping around Carcassonne of the highest natural splendors (famous gorges and gorges, basins, lakes, sites, forests, incomparable landscapes), consequences of the geographical location of Carcassonne, in the center of the Aude department which borders , at the same time, the Pyrenees, the Cévennes and the Mediterranean Sea. Carcassonne is a permanent tourist center and not a seasonal one. Throughout the year, more and more tourists, belonging to all nationalities and, in the forefront, to the great social elites of the whole world, Silver Coast or from the Ocean to the Mediterranean, – s’ stop in Carcassonne, organized to receive them, stay there, impressed, retained by the majestic evocation of the twenty centuries of history and art which are embodied in the “Antique City”. – in their journey from the Côte d’Azur to la Figurez-vous, reader who seeks a new contrast of superior impressions and who will find it in the detailed visit of the “Antique City”, imagine, on a high hill, on a great pedestal of greenery and rock, rising towards the blue sky, a dark and ancient fortress, entire, slightly oval in shape, inhabited, fortified by a double enclosure of high walls; an outer enclosure of 1500 meters in length with 16 towers, dating back to Saint-Louis, an inner enclosure of 1100 meters with 29 towers, belonging to several eras from the Gallic, Roman, first centuries of our era until the XIVO century, the everything with the appropriate means of defense of the time, ditches, drawbridges, gates and posterns lined with portcullises and machicolations, battlements, loopholes, watchtowers, holes in hoardings and hoardings, war machines, wells, prisons, dungeons, underground. Inside these enclosures, a complete town with a count’s castle flanked by five towers, of feudal origin, a church (the jewel of the City), part Romanesque part Gothic, winding streets sometimes narrow, houses of character private or administrative at the time, housing a thousand inhabitants. There, in the space of a few hours, in this ancient city, you will relive the past twenty centuries of our French history from all points of view: military, social, artistic, religious; you will contemplate all kinds of civil or warlike architecture from Roman times to the 16th century. Like all those who have visited the City of Carcassonne. You will repeat with Mr. Baillif, the President of the Touring-Club de France, the great Minister of Tourism: The City of Carcassonne is the city with the most. Curiosity of France, a unique monument in the world. PLEASE ALWAYS EXPAND, VIEW SEND INSPECT ALL PHOTOS FOR CONDITION QUALITY AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. Thanks for looking today! This item is in the category “Antiques\Maps, Atlases & Globes\Europe Maps”. The seller is “ordmantellshipyards” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Date Range: 1920-1929
- Type: City Map
- Format: Folding Map
- Year: 1921
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- City: Carcassonne
- Country/Region: France
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