Aigues-Mortes in the Camargue region of southern France is particularly known for two things: its pink salt marshes, coloured by micro-organisms of a variety of microscopic algae, which are devoted to the production of quality sea salt, and the thirteenth-century towers and ramparts which surround much of the town. The town and its ramparts were commissioned by Louis IX in 1248 to establish a port on the Mediterranean and it is connected to the sea by a series of canals and lagoons.Apart from the sea salt, much of the town’s income today derives from tourism.

The Tower of Constance and the ramparts of Aigues-Mortes

Aigues-Mortes