Brousses et Villaret : in everyone’s good books

Arts and craft industry

In the 17th century, the city of Carcassonne was home to one of the most famous paper manufacturers in the province. The Brousses paper mill has remained unchanged over the past four centuries, carrying tradition forth through time. This living museum at the heart of the "Montagne Noire" provides you with the opportunity of discovering ancient manufacturing techniques.

Tél : + 33 (0)4 68 24 67 43

A village of bookshops

The village of Montolieu, north west of Carcassonne, is Europe’s fourth most important village for bookshops and the history of book related crafts. The village, which has 800 inhabitants, shares its passion for books with visitors, who can browse happily in shops selling everything from old books to illustrations, comics and encyclopaedias. There’s also a museum of book crafts and graphic arts, set up in 1992, which houses linotype, presses and binding machines, moulds, pictures and layouts, illustrating the history of the written word from the Palaeolithic era to the present day.

Tél : + 33 (0)4 68 24 80 04