Northeast through Market Building To Terrace Of La Bride
Description:
Never referred to as a bastide, Cordes was a castrum founded before the restrictions of the Treaty of Meaux of 1229 became effective Steep, high, elongated peak with many streets & lanes following contour lines with others boldly ascending & descending on nearly direct lines Virtually nonexistent as space is almost entirely occupied by market building Many fine large, late 13th & early 14th century houses as well as numerous smaller structures. 14th century market building with tall & slender stone pillars. Ancient well at market building. Large gates mark entrances to four levels of fortifications that were extended as town grew.
Cite As:
John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
The images in the John Reps Bastides Collection (a portion of "John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101") are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attribution must be given to their copyright owner/creator/photographer, John Reps. Images in the John Reps Bastides Collection were created between 1951-2014, and were digitized from 35mm slides by Cornell University Library. For questions, comments, or feedback about this collection please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collection at rarerepro@cornell.edu. Please include the following citation in any use of materials from the John Reps Bastides Collection: John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
