site: Aigues-Mortes, Languedoc-Roussillon , France
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Aigues-Mortes, Languedoc-Roussillon , France
Location
Date:
ca. 1997 (photographed)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 1997 (photographed)
Date
Cultural Context:
French
Work_Culture
French
Cultural Context
Work Type 1:
photograph
Work_Worktype1
photograph
Work Type 1
Work Type 2:
topographical view
Work_Worktype2
topographical view
Work Type 2
Classification:
urban and topographical views
Work_Classification
urban and topographical views
Classification
Technique:
photography
Work_Technique
photography
Technique
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; cityscapes; City planning; Crusades; arch
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
architectural exteriors; cityscapes; City planning; Crusades; arch
Subjects
Description:
Aigues-Mortes is a town in Gard, southern France, in the north-western section of the Rhône Delta or Camargue. It is one of the largest surviving medieval fortified towns. Louis IX (reigned 1226-1270) conceived of the walled city. He wanted a port to establish a royal presence in, and access to, the Mediterranean, and he needed a fortified town to protect crusaders, pilgrims and merchants, providing a safe haven from which to launch crusades, as well as a commercial centre for trade between the Levant and northern France. Soon after 1240 Louis IX began the construction of the Tour de Constance, the isolated tower on the north-western corner of the site; it was finished in 1249, the year after he launched the Seventh Crusade. Construction of the walled town did not, however, begin until 1272 during the reign of Louis's son Philip III (reigned 1270-1285), and work continued into the early years of the 14th century. Notre-Dame-des-Sablo ns, erected in the mid-13th century, is a handsome if simple unvaulted struct
Work_Description_Sou rce
Aigues-Mortes is a town in Gard, southern France, in the north-western section of the Rhône Delta or Camargue. It is one of the largest surviving medieval fortified towns. Louis IX (reigned 1226-1270) conceived of the walled city. He wanted a port to establish a royal presence in, and access to, the Mediterranean, and he needed a fortified town to protect crusaders, pilgrims and merchants, providing a safe haven from which to launch crusades, as well as a commercial centre for trade between the Levant and northern France. Soon after 1240 Louis IX began the construction of the Tour de Constance, the isolated tower on the north-western corner of the site; it was finished in 1249, the year after he launched the Seventh Crusade. Construction of the walled town did not, however, begin until 1272 during the reign of Louis's son Philip III (reigned 1270-1285), and work continued into the early years of the 14th century. Notre-Dame-des-Sablo ns, erected in the mid-13th century, is a handsome if simple unvaulted struct
