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Porte de la Marine
This was the main VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
portside gate. Ships
were moored by the Practical Information
Porte des Galions, Road map A3. * 8,600.
n Pl St-Louis (04 66 53 73 00).
anchored to a vast ( Wed, Sun. ∑ ot-aigues
metal ring known
as an organeau. mortes.com
Transport
k 30 km (15 miles)
W Montpellier. @ Tour de
Constance. £ Rte de Nîmes.
Porte des
Galions Place St-Louis
This charming, leafy square, lined
with cafés, is at the heart of town
life. In its centre is a bronze statue
of Saint Louis, on a base carved
with the prows of crusader ships.ows of crusader ships.
with the pr
Porte de
l’
l’OrganeauOrganeau
Notre-Dame des Sablons,
“Our Lady of the Sands”, was
R U E L O I U S B L A N C R U E M A R C E A U R U E T H E A U L O N R U E V I C T O R H U G O RUE P ROLLAND
built before the town itself.
RUE JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
R U E V I C T O R H U G O

J A M A I S
R U E A L S A C E L O R R A I N E S T - LO U I S R U E S A D I - C A R N O T

RUE DENFERT ROCHEREAU
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RUE DENFERT ROCHEREAU
R U E PA S T E U R
G R A N D R U E J E A N J A U R E S R U E A M I R A L C O U R B E R T Tour des Bourguignons

R U E D E L A R E P U B L I Q U E
In the massacre of 1421 Gascons
took the town from Burgundy. There
were too many bodies to bury, so
salted bodies were kept here.

Porte de
la Gardette
Key . Tour de Constance
Suggested route This tower often held religious
prisoners: first Catholic, then
Calvinist, and then Huguenot
0 metres 100
women such as Marie Durand,
0 yards 100 freed in 1768 after 38 years.