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VIRTUAL TOUR 360° FROM GARD SOUTH OF FRANCE
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AIGUES MORTES cute small agglomeration located at the west of the small Rhone built on Marshes, located in withdrawal of the sea Meditérranée, its port at summer built by Louis IX..En 1240, the King buys to the monks of the Abbey of Psalmody the city and the coastal grounds surrounding one collects there déja salt,
In 1241 construction begins from quotes strengthened and of the port
the 1248 port of Aigues morte cute is completed. Saint-Louis embarks for the seventh crusade. It there will return 1270 and embarks for the eighth crusade,Le system of fortification will be then supplemented under the reigns of his son Philippe III the Bold one and of his grandson Philippe IV the Beautiful one: it consists of a long enclosure of 1,7km, whose walls measure 11m height for 2 with 3m thickness, and comprising 6 turns and 10 strengthened doors.
1418 During the One hundred Year old war, the Burgundian ones seize the city which is then taken again by the Armagnacs
OFFICE OF TOURISM ***
B.P. 32 - Place Saint Louis, 30220 Acute-Dead
Tel.. 04.66.53.73.00 telefax: 04.66.53.65.94
info@ot-aiguesmortes.fr
Internet site: www.ot-aiguesmortes.fr
Opened everyday of year (except 25/12 and 01/01) BS: 9h-12h/13h-18h and HS: 9h-20h.
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Nearby city:
Grau du Roi (of the King) , fishing port and tourist station
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2007- photos JM tous droits réservés
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