Cite Fortifiee de Aigues Mortes

The Medieval Pearl of the Camargue Rising like a mirage amidst salt marshes and lagoons, Aigues-Mortes is a masterpiece of 13th-century military architecture. Founded by King Saint Louis to provide the Kingdom of France with access to the Mediterranean, the city has preserved its entire fortified enclosure. Its 1,600 meters of ramparts form a perfect quadrilateral, punctuated by twenty towers and monumental gates, including the famous Constance Tower, which proudly overlooks the Gard landscape. Inside the walls, the medieval atmosphere blends with the gentle Provençal way of life. The cobbled streets, laid out in a grid pattern, converge on Place Saint-Louis, where café terraces and artisan shops cluster together. But the most striking spectacle is found right at the foot of the walls: the Salins du Midi, where the water is adorned with an intense pink thanks to a microscopic algae, creating an unreal contrast with the brilliant white of the salt mounds and the grey of the ancestral stones.