the late French historian Georges Duby saw Gothic art as in part a reaction to the Cathar heresy, a civilised counterpart of the bloody Albigensian crusade.
Cathar castles stand proudly at the foot of the pyrenees mountains, and the fortified city of Carcassonne and the 49-metre high Pont du Gard will instantly hold you spellbound.
Cathar城堡骄傲地伫立在比利牛斯山脚下。这卡尔卡松城市以及高达49米的加尔桥会立马抓住你的心。
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The great cathedrals are anti-Cathar poems in stone and glass. Here is Strasbourg's rose window.