CARCASSONNE
FRANCE
Le JARDIN des PLANTES
BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN VIEW

Carcassonne -- capital of Aude, S France, in Languedoc. The old city, a medieval fortress atop a hill, is one of the architectural marvels of Europe. The new city, across the Aude River, is a farm trade center with rubber, shoe, and textile manufactures. Tourism, however, is the main industry. The Romans fortified the hilltop site in the 1st cent. B.C.; towers built (c.6th cent.) by the Visigoths are still intact; and the viscounts of Carcassonne added to the fortifications in the 12th cent. A stronghold of the Albigenses, the fortress was taken by Simon de Montfort in 1209. It yielded to the king in 1247, at which time Louis IX (St. Louis) founded the new city across the river. The outer ramparts of the fortress were constructed during St. Louis?s reign, and the work was continued, with intricate defense devices, under Philip III. When completed, the fortress was widely considered impregnable; Edward the Black Prince was stopped at its walls in 1355. However, its usefulness ended in 1659, with the annexation to France of the province of Roussillon. The ramparts were gradually abandoned and fell into disrepair; they were restored by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th cent.


FROM A SERIES OF MANY HUNDREDS of CARDS
ALL ADDRESSED TO MEMBERS of the McGRATH FAMILY.
HARRY McGRATH SENT THE CARDS WHILE ON AN EXTENDED EUROPEAN VACATION. Mr McGRATH WAS A MEMBER of THE U. S. ARMY (CORPORAL). ALL CARDS HAVE A DESCRIPTION of THE PLACES VISITED. MANY ARE FROM THE SAME AREAS of FRANCE, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, SPAIN, AND OTHER EUROPEAN TOURIST LOCALES.

FAMILY ADDRESSEES:

Vincent T. McGrath
Miss Winifred J. McGrath
Miss Elizabeth R. McGrath
J. Frank McGrath
James P. McGrath
Mrs. Susan L. McGrath
George Andrew McGrath
Harry A. McGrath

THE FAMILY ADDRESS WAS
5468 Ridgewood Court, Chicago, ILLINOIS

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