Cité de Carcassonne
The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitania region. It is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude, in the south-eastern part of the city proper.
- Neighborhood
- …lies at an elevation of around 150 metres (500 feet)
- …is also known as “Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne”
- …dates from the 5th century
- Description: medieval citadel
Places of Interest
Discover Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus and Château Comtal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berriac and Conques-sur-Orbiel.
Conques-sur-Orbiel
Conques-sur-Orbiel is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
8 km northeast of Cité de Carcassonne
Cité de Carcassonne
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Latitude
43.20645° or 43° 12′ 23″ north
Longitude
2.36374° or 2° 21′ 49″ east
Open location code
8FM46947+HF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = yes
OpenStreetMap feature
place = neighbourhood
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Cité de Carcassonne” goes by many names.
Cité de CarcassonneAfrikaans
مدينة كركاسون التاريخية الحصينةArabic
Կարկասոն ամրոցArmenian
Carcasonako zitadelaBasque
ကာကတ်ဆုန်းရဲတိုက်Burmese
ကာရ်ကာဆောန် ရဲတိုက်Burmese
Ciutat fortificada de CarcassonaCatalan
卡尔卡松历史城墙要塞Chinese
卡尔卡松城堡Chinese
Utvrda CarcassonneCroatian
Cité de CarcassonneCzech
Pevnost CarcassonneCzech
Cité de CarcassonneDanish
Cité van CarcassonneDutch
Historische vestingstad CarcassonneDutch
Civito CarcassonneEsperanto
კარკასონის ციხესიმაგრეGeorgian
העיר ההיסטורית המבוצרת של קרקסוןHebrew
Carcassonne történelmi erődvárosaHungarian
Cité de CarcassonneIndonesian
Cité de CarcassonneItalian
Città fortificata storica di CarcassonneItalian
歴史的城塞都市カルカソンヌJapanese
歴史的城塞都市カルカッソンヌJapanese
Chité de CarcassouneJèrriais
Каркасон бекінісіKazakh
카르카손 성채Korean
Cité de CarcassonneLuxembourgish
Cité vu CarcassonneLuxembourgish
Каркасонска тврдинаMacedonian
Ciutat de CarcassonaOccitan (post 1500)
Chitè CarcassonnePicard
Fortyfikacje CarcassonnePolish
Исторический укрепленный город КаркасонRussian
Крепость КаркасонRussian
Тврђава КаркасонSerbian
Utvrda CarcassonneSerbo-Croatian
Utrjeno mesto CarcassonneSlovenian
Cité de CarcassonneTurkish
КаркассоннUkrainian
Thành phố pháo đài CarcassonneVietnamese
سٹی ڈی کارکسنWestern Panjabi
介卡森Wu Chinese
卡尔卡松城堡Wu Chinese
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