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Walt Disney is said to have been inspired by its towers, turrets, and ramparts and you can understand why when the sun rises up over the medieval town of Carcassonne, France.
It’s easy to imagine a knight galloping up the cobbled streets and dashing through the portcullis to save his princess. In fact, Carcassonne, at the heart of Cathar country, was first recorded in pre-Roman times.
It was, and continued to be for centuries, an important fortification with views up and down the Aude valley—west towards Castelnaudary and east to Narbonne and the Mediterranean.
The view to the south tower the Pyrenees Mountains and to the north the Montagne Noir or Black Mountains.
