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FRANCE - CIRCA 1900: Cathar country: The City of Carcassonne in France - To the right, the enormous tower of Vade, arranged so as to be able to handle a siege on its own if the City itself happened to be taken (Aude). (Photo by Gerard SIOEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

FRANCE - CIRCA 1900:  Cathar country: The City of Carcassonne in France - To the right, the enormous tower of Vade, arranged so as to be able to handle a siege on its own if the City itself happened to be taken (Aude).  (Photo by Gerard SIOEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)