La Bastide Saint-Louis, Historic neighborhood in Carcassonne, France.
The district follows a quadrangular layout with a central square, surrounded by boulevards featuring private mansions and religious structures from different periods.
Saint Louis IX authorized the construction of this district in 1247, establishing a new settlement on the left bank of the Aude River.
The Fine Arts Museum, Saint Vincent Church, and Saint Michel Cathedral contribute to the neighborhood's role as a center of art and architecture.
Three underground parking facilities at Gambetta, Chenier, and Jacobins provide secure parking options for visitors exploring the district.
The House of Wool and Cloth presents the history of Carcassonne's textile industry, displaying traditional wool processing methods from Merino sheep.
Location: Carcassonne
Address: La Bastide Saint-Louis, 11000 Carcassonne, France 11000 Carcassonne
GPS coordinates: 43.21348,2.35112
Latest update: March 2, 2025 20:27
The region around Carcassonne features an area marked by medieval and Cathar history, with castles, abbeys, and old villages. The Cité of Carcassonne displays its city walls restored in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc, while the Canal du Midi has traversed the region for 240 kilometers since the 17th century. The castles of Quéribus and Peyrepertuse overlook the landscape from their rocky spurs at over 700 meters above sea level, serving as the last strongholds of the Cathar resistance in the 13th century. Villages like Minerve and Lagrasse showcase medieval architecture, with narrow streets, ancient bridges, and Benedictine abbeys. The region also includes the four Lastours castles aligned along a ridge, the Saint-Maurice Cathedral in Mirepoix with its 22-meter-wide Gothic nave, and natural sites like Lake Cavayère. These monuments and landscapes form a representative ensemble of the south of France’s historical and natural heritage, accessible from Carcassonne.
Carcassonne Cathedral
294 m
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne
333 m
Église Saint-Vincent de Carcassonne
154 m
Centre Joë Bousquet et son temps
117 m
Prefecture hotel of Aude
225 m
Chapelle des Jésuites
278 m
Old Carmelite Church
239 m
Théâtre Jean-Alary
276 m
Old town hall of Carcassonne
241 m
Mercury
327 m
Hôtel de Rolland
228 m
Maison, 2 rue Frédéric-Mistral
232 m
Water supply basin
241 m
Portail des Jacobins
317 m
Bastion de Montmorency
441 m
Maison Joë Bousquet
113 m
Fontaine monumentale
59 m
St Michael's fountain
265 m
Joan of Arc
287 m
Petit faune
222 m
Maison Guilhem
165 m
Chapelle des Dominicaines de Carcassonne
246 m
Hôtel de Murat
372 m
Hôtel de Saint-André
197 m
Pipe organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Michel de Carcassonne
294 m
Pipe organ in Saint-Vincent church in Carcassonne (Aude, Occitanie, France)
154 m
65 rue de Verdun
132 m
Maison Gally
204 mReviews
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