{"id":863,"date":"2013-09-22T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T00:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/?p=863"},"modified":"2024-06-12T22:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:59:51","slug":"fortified-city-of-carcassonne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/fortified-city-of-carcassonne\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortified City of Carcassonne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Southern France City of Carcassonne<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Carcassonne_by_AndreLeVattep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Carcassonne_by_AndreLeVattep-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Carcassonne_by_AndreLeVattep\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Carcassonne_by_AndreLeVattep-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Carcassonne_by_AndreLeVattep-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Carcassonne_by_AndreLeVattep-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Carcassonne_by_AndreLeVattep.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Many architects try to simulate the Fortified City of Carcassonne such as those who built the castles of Disneyland and any other amusement park. The fortified walled city of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UY-_S8ldwew\">Carcassonne<\/a> is located in Southern France and is a top sight to see while traveling on any Canal du Midi barge cruise.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its durability and the will of the times to keep this fortress standing tall, people from all over the world are in awe to see such a site. The protection and defenses that took great pride in protecting this Fortress embodies the history of the Medieval times and brings others back to a place where they can feel the energy of the battles. Famous people like Pierre Vidal have visited and stayed at this beautiful Southern France castle. This Medieval Fortress is a World Heritage UNESCO Site and features lovely winding streets and local shops in addition to the fort. Find your souvenirs and historical pieces at these shops and sites when visiting Carcassonne.<\/p>\n<p>The four walled city has been restored to showcase the history of the medieval times. The towns people wanted to share their Fortress, which their ancestors had fought to preserve. They are proud of what they have to offer and encourage others to visit at all times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Canal-du-midi-in-autumn-ss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Canal-du-midi-in-autumn-ss-150x134.jpg\" alt=\"Canal du Midi in Autumn\" width=\"150\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Festival of Carcassonne<\/h2>\n<p>Get some of the best views of Carcassonne traveling along the river on the Canal du Midi barge cruise. The summer time brings a lot of tourist to the area and the small community that resides in the southern France town are sure to have enough entertainment for their guest.\u00a0 During July, the Festival of Carcassonne is held and features fireworks. The festival takes place during the 2nd half of July.\u00a0 This is the 2nd largest festival in France.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Roi-Soleil-Capestang-P-Calas-Hi-res-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Roi-Soleil-Capestang-P-Calas-Hi-res-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Roi Soleil barge\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These barges cruise the Canal du Midi and visit Carcassonne &#8211; the 6-passenger Roi Soleil; 8 passenger &#8211; ultra-deluxe <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanbarging.com\/Barges\/Enchante\/enchante_canaldumidi_itin.html\">Enchante<\/a> and the deluxe 8-passenger <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanbarging.com\/Barges\/EW\/BargesHTM\/france\/anjodi\/Anjodi-Canal-du-Midi-itin.htm\">Anjodi.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information contact: Europeanbarging, 713-240-6753 \/ 888-869-7907, jan@europeanbarging.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern France City of Carcassonne Many architects try to simulate the Fortified City of Carcassonne such as those who built the castles of Disneyland and any other amusement park. The fortified walled city of Carcassonne is located in Southern France &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/fortified-city-of-carcassonne\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,1288,1],"tags":[42,1225,1214,1204,1476],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-barging-river_cruises-2","category-france","category-general","tag-canal-du-midi","tag-carcassonne","tag-carcassonne-france","tag-southern-france","tag-unesco-site"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1762,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions\/1762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}