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CITIES
Narbonne
(6
km from Château de la Motte) is
the principal city of the Aude-department. After the
passage of the Gallics, the Romans transformed this
town into capital of the Roman Narbonnaise Province
in 120 BC. The famous Domitean Road shows their presence,
a part of which has recently been unearthed in the
centre of Narbonne.
Other
cities nearby: Béziers (30
km from Château de la Motte),
Carcassonne (50
km), Perpignan
(60 km), Sète (70
km), Montpellier (90
km) and Toulouse (100 km).
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CULTURAL
VISITS
Fontfroide (12 km from Château
de la Motte),
www.fontfroide.com,
is one of Europe's biggest Cistercian Abbeys, still
wonderfully preserved. Benedictine monks founded this
Abbey in the end of the 11th century. In 1145 it became
affiliated to the Order of Cîteaux. In the Middle
Ages, Fontfroide enjoyed enormous power. It
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The
Medieval walled city of Carcassonne (50 km
from Château de la Motte),
www.carcassonne.fr,
is
one of the most visited historical monuments in France.
Inhabited since the 6th century BC, Carcassonne
was once a Roman town, fortified in the 4th century,
before becoming a mediaeval town. In the 13th century
royal power gilded the town with a second line of
ramparts, enlarged the château and built a city
wall around it. Restored by Viollet-le-Duc in the
19th century, the town is the testament of 1000 years
of military architecture and 2500 years of history.
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The
giant gap of Cabrespine (near Carcassonne)
is an enormous cave (depth: 250 m, length: 100 m) with
an extraordinary natural collection of crystals. |
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| Amphoralis
(7
km from château de la Motte),
a museum of Gallic-Roman pottery, tells the life of
potters and tile makers who, during tree centuries,
mass-produced amphoras, tiles, crockeries, etc. |
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SPORTS
ACTIVITIES
WINE
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Links
to other websites:
NARBONNE
NARBONNE
and its sourrounding area
CARCASSONNE
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