Avignon intra muros at random
Jul 22, 2014 19:06:13 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 19:06:13 GMT
Intra muros is a term used commonly in France (as is extra muros). I imagine that every other country with old walled cities uses the same Latin term or something equivalent to refer to what is inside the walls and what has grown on the outside over the years. Naturally, intra muros is a quite compact and mostly historical zone whereas extra muros is a vast shapeless area of modern subsidized housing, shopping centres, car dealerships, chain motels and all of the other necessary but ugly things of daily life. I would say that the three most famous walled cities of France are Carcassonne, Saint Malo and Avignon, but there are lots of others -- for example, Aigues Mortes about which I made a report last year -- Langres, Laon, Besançon, Dinan, Provins... Frankly, I don't know whether it is more expensive or cheaper to live inside or outside of the walls in a lot of these places. Inside the walls, the places are tiny and (usually) have bad plumbing and nothing that you can really call a supermarket for buying provisions. But then again, sometimes it just looks so charming compared to the soulless housing outside the walls.
If I decided to live in Avignon (highly unlikely), it would most certainly be inside the walls, though. Intra muros fascinates me.
My trip to Avignon began as usual at Gare de Lyon in Paris.
For the first time ever, I had this strange thing across from me on the train.
It takes less than 3 hours on the TGV and now there is even a new rail link from Avignon-TGV to Avignon-Centre. But I had a rental car. I entered intra muros very quickly.
My trip to Avignon began as usual at Gare de Lyon in Paris.
For the first time ever, I had this strange thing across from me on the train.
It takes less than 3 hours on the TGV and now there is even a new rail link from Avignon-TGV to Avignon-Centre. But I had a rental car. I entered intra muros very quickly.
