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From the bottom of rue Gustave-Nadaud – where it meets rue Trivalle – you will be able to see the Pont Vieux where your tour began. Walk up onto the pedestrianised old bridge and look down into the water. Imagine the salt mills moored in the current, the chevaliers’ chargers cooling off in the shallows after exercise . . . Imagine the Crusader encampment on the far bank . . .
Then turn and look up at the battlements of the Cité – once thought impregnable, then besieged and forced by treachery and intolerance to submit.
Yes, the stones of the Cité were conquered, but thanks to Alaïs, Sajhë, Alice, Audric and the rest – the sprit of this special place was victorious.
