How a Pig Saved Carcassonne
During a long siege, the city of Carcassonne was starving.
After her husband died, Lady Carcas took command.
When all hope seemed lost, she fed the last pig the remaining grain — and threw it from the city walls.
Seeing that, the enemy thought the city still had food to spare. And where there’s food, there are soldiers to keep fighting.
So they abandoned the siege.
Lady Carcas rang the bells. In French: Carcas sonne.
And that, legend says, is how the city got its name.
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