Mary Winston Nicklin

Adjacent to the Riviera but seemingly worlds away, the medieval walled city of Aigues-Mortes is a mystical place. It was built by Louis IX, the future Saint Louis, as a port of departure for the Crusades. The only French outlet on the Mediterranean at the time, Aigues-Mortes was a symbol of royal power, just like Louis IX’s Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

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