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Places to see in ( Aigues Mortes - France ) Tour Carbonniere
Places to see in ( Aigues Mortes - France ) Tour Carbonniere
The Carbonnière tower is a watchtower built at the end of the xiii th century to protect the walled city of Aigues-Mortes , in the French department of Gard in the region Occitan. The tower is located on the territory of the municipality of Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze , in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region .
It stands in the middle of marshes, between the Vistre and the Rhone canal at Sète , on the old road linking Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze to Aigues-Mortes. Its terrace offers a panoramic view of the Petite Camargue. The Carbonnière Tower is mentioned for the first time in a text dated 1346 which gives details of the function of the work: it says that this fortress is the key to the kingdom in this country.
Indeed, located in the middle of marshes, it was the obligatory passage to access Aigues-Mortes: its crossing was the subject of a toll . It was held by a garrison composed of a chatelain and several guards. The terrace could support up to four pieces of artillery. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1889
Rectangular plan, the tower is built in ashlars to boss (ashlars with protruding central portion and accented joints), just like the walls of Aigues-Mortes. At mid-height, the tower has a row of more regular bossed stones with a darker color. Certain cut stones have marks of stonemason similar to those which one finds on the ramparts of Aigues-Mortes.
The road once passed through the tower, through a doorway defended by a portcullis and surmounted by a low arch. The base and the summit of the southern and northern facades is pierced by two great loopholes . The parapet of the platform that surmounts the tower has a single niche on each side and a watchtower at each corner.
At the end of 2009 , the Carbonnière tower was the subject of work aimed at ensuring the safety of the public, especially on the staircase and the terrace. A discovery trail has also been created in the surrounding marsh. These developments were carried out by the Center des monuments nationaux , the DRAC of the Languedoc-Roussillon region and the Joint Union for the protection and management of the Gard Camargue , as part of Operation Grand Site in Little Camargue.
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Aigues-mortes et Tour Carbonnière (drone shot)
Les fameux remparts d'Aigues Mortes avec son lac de sel et précédé de la Tour Carbonnière (ancienne tour de défense situé au milieu des marécages).
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