Ville Basse from La Cité ramparts, Carcassonne, France, c1955. The Ville Basse (Lower Town) was founded in 1240 when rebellious citizens of the Cité were banished beyond the walls. Ville Basse is the business centre of modern Carcassonne. In the foreground is the Neo-Gothic Church of Saint Gimer, designed by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc,
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