Strawberry-Cabardès

Geography

Mill Cabardès, crossed by the road of Carcassonne to Lampy, is located on a nipple of the Black Mountain, in a pleasant and picturesque situation. The river of Trapel runs with its feet.

History

Cutter-Cabardès was one of the residences of summer of the bishops of Carcassonne.

The origin of Cutter-Cabardès goes back to the 8th century. It was given to the 9th century by Charles-the-Bald person with Oliba, count de Carcassonne. The successors of Oliba conceded it with their new bishops of Carcassonne, who retained of it the seigniory until the Revolution of 1789.

the castle seigneurial , which had been built about the year 1280, was demolished in 1722 because of its outdatedness. There remain only some vestiges about it.
the church with the bored square bell-tower of ogival windows, carries the date of 1515, registered with the pillar of the warhead of the baptismal funds.
the weapons of Cutter-Cabardès are: " of gold two arres of gueules"

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Places and monuments

' the parochial church is dedicated to Saint Martin; on the pillar of the nave, which touches with the baptismal font, is engraved the date 1545, year of construction of the church of the 15th century in its old parts. This date was badly read by some which saw 1515. One notices the apse, in half dome, of recent construction, XVIIIe or 19th century; with the plaster vault. The nave has three spans probably arched with the liteaux ones covered with plaster, would be same time as the apse. The vaults, two on each side, have also blind arches. The main door at the South is recent. The old bell-tower, is made of a massive square tower, parcée of ogival openings geminated and decorated with the four corners of the top of pretty waste-gas mains with heads of animals. The vault of baptismal font is below. Its vault hones some with key of round and projecting is supported by stone warheads also, which penetrate in the formeret arcs. The baptismal stone tank, from the Romance time, comes from a former building.
the castle was built by Pierre of the Vault Taillefer, about the year 1290. There still existed, partly, with the Revolution, although it suffered from a fire. It remained at the time a high tower and a surrounded terrace of large elms; the castle extended on a surface from 40m on 22m. It is currently entirely destroyed. There exists with the museum of Carcassonne, a medallion carved out of stone carrying the weapons of Christophe and Vitalis de Lestang, uncle and nephew, successively bishops of Carcassonne of 1603 to 1653. This medallion comes from the castle seigneurial of Cutter. On the road of Bush, with the turning by leaving the village, one sees a wall well installed; large apparatus which is perhaps a last vestige of the fortifications which surrounded the village.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Aude

External bonds

Strawberry-Cabardès on the site of the national geographical Institute
Strawberry-Cabardès on the site of INSEE
Strawberry-Cabardès on the site of Quid
Localization of Strawberry-Cabardès on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Strawberry-Cabardès on Mapquest

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