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.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: medieval citadel
- Also known as: “Cite de Carcassonne”, “Cite van Carcassonne”, “Ciudad fortificada histórica de Carcasona”, “Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne”, “Ville fortifiée historique de Carcassonne”, “Исторический укрепленный город Каркасон”, “卡尔卡松历史城墙要塞”, and “歴史的城塞都市カルカッソンヌ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus and Château Comtal.
Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berriac and Conques-sur-Orbiel.
Berriac
Village
Conques-sur-Orbiel
Village
Cité de Carcassonne
- Categories: fortress, fortified town, citadel, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, and locality
- Location: Carcassonne, Arrondissement of Carcassonne, Aude, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.20645° or 43° 12′ 23″ north
Longitude
2.36374° or 2° 21′ 49″ east
Elevation
153 metres (502 feet)
Established
5th century
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.
- Afrikaans: “Cité de Carcassonne”
- Arabic: “مدينة كركاسون التاريخية الحصينة”
- Armenian: “Կարկասոն ամրոց”
- Basque: “Carcasonako zitadela”
- Burmese: “ကာကတ်ဆုန်းရဲတိုက်”
- Burmese: “ကာရ်ကာဆောန် ရဲတိုက်”
- Catalan: “Ciutat fortificada de Carcassona”
- Chinese: “卡尔卡松城堡”
- Croatian: “Utvrda Carcassonne”
- Czech: “pevnost Carcassonne”
- Czech: “Pevnost Carcassonne”
- Danish: “Cité de Carcassonne”
- Dutch: “Cité van Carcassonne”
- Dutch: “Historische vestingstad Carcassonne”
- Esperanto: “Civito Carcassonne”
- French: “cité de Carcassonne”
- French: “Cité de Carcassonne”
- Georgian: “კარკასონის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Cité von Carcassonne”
- Hebrew: “העיר ההיסטורית המבוצרת של קרקסון”
- Hungarian: “Carcassonne történelmi erődvárosa”
- Indonesian: “Cité de Carcassonne”
- Italian: “Città fortificata storica di Carcassonne”
- Japanese: “歴史的城塞都市カルカソンヌ”
- Jèrriais: “Chité de Carcassoune”
- Kazakh: “Каркасон бекінісі”
- Korean: “카르카손 성채”
- Luxembourgish: “Cité vu Carcassonne”
- Macedonian: “Каркасонска тврдина”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ciutat de Carcassona”
- Picard: “Chitè Carcassonne”
- Polish: “Fortyfikacje Carcassonne”
- Portuguese: “Cidadela de Carcassona”
- Portuguese: “Cidadela de Carcassonne”
- Russian: “Крепость Каркасон”
- Serbian: “Тврђава Каркасон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Utvrda Carcassonne”
- Slovenian: “Utrjeno mesto Carcassonne”
- Spanish: “Ciudadela de Carcasona”
- Turkish: “Cité de Carcassonne”
- Ukrainian: “Каркассонн”
- Vietnamese: “Thành phố pháo đài Carcassonne”
- Western Panjabi: “سٹی ڈی کارکسن”
- Wu Chinese: “介卡森”
- Wu Chinese: “卡尔卡松城堡”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Fontgrande and La Barbacanne.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne and Cité de Carcassonne.
Aude: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Narbonne and Limoux.
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