walking the crown of aigues-mortes
Imaging a square with a side length of about 400 m. Inside there are streets and alleyways lined with houses, some places … all in a checkerboard pattern. In Southern France this type of city is called bastide. The square resp. the bastide is bordered by a high wall with impressive defense towers and 10 gates. A village in this area was mentioned for the first time about 100 B. C. It expanded into a…