Aigues Mortes - Tour Carbonnière

The 14th C Tour Carbonnière guards the only entrance to Aigues Mortes from the land side. The road passes through the tower, the gates of which used to be secured by means of a portcullis and mantraps inside. The little round tower, which protrudes from the top of the square edifice, probably dates from the 16th C, when the tower was in Protestant hands.