Enye ye Ilifa leMveli leFrance elinalo kwityala lakhe lixesha eliphakathi ICitadel yaseCarcassonne. Inxalenye yesixeko esinegama elifanayo, isixeko esikwingingqi yeLanguedoc-Rousillion kwaye ulwakhiwo lwamaxesha aphakathi lusendulini ejonge kumlambo iAude. Yintliziyo yesixeko kwaye yanikezelwa yi-UNESCO ngo-1997.
Eli ziko langaphambili laliphambi kwamaxesha aphakathi ukusukela oko laqala kwixesha lamaFrentshi, ngenxa yoko lineminyaka engaphezulu kwama-2500 yembali kwaye libonile amaRoma, iiVisigoths, iSaracens kunye neeNkqubela. YayingamaRoma awayeqinisa idolophu yokuqala kule ndawo, kwaye ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-XNUMX ulwakhiwo lwaba yinxalenye yoBukumkani baseFrance unaphakade.
Ukuba kumda we-Aragon kwakubalulekile emkhosini ixesha elide kodwa ukuya kwinkulungwane ye-52 lonke iphondo leRousillion ladlula ezandleni zaseFrance emva koko iinqaba zomkhosi zayeka ukusetyenziswa. Iindonga ezibanzi nezide, ziikhilomitha ezintathu ubude, ziphindwe kabini kwaye kukho iinqaba ezingama-XNUMX zokuzikhusela, zazisesichengeni sokudilizwa ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX kodwa abantu bendawo basikhaba isigqibo balwela ukuguqula ICitadel yaseCarcassonne kwisikhumbuzo sembali.
La Inqaba yamandulo yaseCarcassonne Yabuyiselwa ke ngenkulungwane ye-1997 kwaye njengoko benditshilo ngasentla, ngo-XNUMX, yabhengezwa Ilifa leMveli.