Paul Sabatier (chemist)
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Prof Paul Sabatier FRS(For) HFRSE was a French chemist, born in Carcassonne. In 1912, Sabatier was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Victor Grignard. Sabatier was honoured for his work improving the hydrogenation of organic species in the presence of metals.
Sabatier in 1912
Sabatier's office desk and collection of chemicals at the University of Toulouse
Carcassonne
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Carcassonne is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, region of Occitania. It is the prefecture of the department.
Aerial photograph of the Cité de Carcassonne
Miniature depicting Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209
Expansion of the Frankish Empire: Blue = realm of Pepin the Short in 758; Orange = expansion under Charlemagne until 814; Yellow = Marches and dependencies; Red = Papal States.
This medieval drawing of Carcassonne from 1462, discovered by Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille in the Gaignières collection of the Bibliothèque Royale, had a major influence on the project to restore Carcassonne. It reinforced Viollet-le-Duc's idea that all of the towers were topped with conical roof trussing.