In Popular Culture
- Carcassonne, possibly because of its spectacular stronghold, is sometimes described in literature as a city people dream of seeing, without being able to do so. It gives its title to the short story "Carcassonne" by Lord Dunsany (in A Dreamer's Tales), and to a poem by Nadaud, sung by Georges Brassens. An early William Faulkner story also bears the title "Carcassonne."
- On 6 March 2000 France issued a stamp commemorating the fortress of Carcassonne.
- The history of Carcassonne is re-told in the novel Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.
- A board game and a video game version of it are named after this town.
- Portions of the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves were shot in and around Carcassonne.
- A 1993 album by Stephan Eicher was named Carcassonne.
- In the one-man show Sea Wall, starring Andrew Scott, Carcassonne is mentioned frequently as a setting.
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