uilt
on the right bank of the Aude when the second line of fortification
was created (between 1228 and 1239), the big barbican
was an advanced post on the east side of the city. It was destroyed
in 1816 but the covert way protected by high, crenellated walls,
continues to evoke the link between it and the outer wall as
well as the east entrance to the castle. In 1854, the architect
and restorer, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was commissioned by the
municipality to build the Saint-Gimer Church on the site of
the barbican.
uilt
on the right bank of the Aude when the second line of fortification
was created (between 1228 and 1239), the big 
