Modern and contemporary periods Aigues-Mortes

from 1575 1622, aigues-mortes 1 of 8 safe havens granted protestants. revocation of edict of nantes in 1685 caused severe repression of protestantism, marked in languedoc , cévennes in 18th century camisard war. other towers in town, 1686 onwards, constance tower used prison huguenots refused convert roman catholicism. in 1703, abraham mazel, leader of camisards, managed escape sixteen companions.

during french revolution, city called port-pelletier. @ time port had disappeared due silting, induced intensification of labour in watershed @ same time clearing of woods , forests following abolition of privileges. decline of forest cover led soil erosion , consequently greater quantity of alluvial deposits in ports of region. thus, in 1804 prefect mr. de barante père wrote in report that: coasts of department more prone silting ... ports of maguelonne , aigues mortes , old port of cette no longer exist except in history alerted: inordinate desire collect , multiply these forest clearings since 1790 ... greed has devoured in few years resource of future, mountains, opened plough, show naked , barren rock, each groove becoming ravine; topsoil, driven storms, has been brought rivers, , thence lower parts, serves every day find lowest parts , darkest swamps.