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Albi is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called Albigensians. It is the seat of the Archbi
Albi featuring the Sainte-Cécile cathedral and the Pont Vieux (old bridge) over the river Tarn
The Hôtel de Ville
Palais de la Berbie
La Goulue arriving at the Moulin Rouge, by Toulouse-Lautrec (1892)
Albigensian Crusade
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The Albigensian Crusade, also known as the Cathar Crusade, was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, what is now southern France. The
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…independent, was reduced to such a condition that it was subsequently annexed by the French Crown. Late in the 13th century, after the upheaval of the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars, the local bishop, Bernard de Castanet, completed work on the Palais de la Berbie, an episcopal palace with the look of a fortress…
Massacre against the Albigensians by the Crusaders
This Pedro Berruguete work of the 15th century depicts a story of Saint Dominic and the Albigensians, in which the texts of each were cast into a fire, but only Saint Dominic's proved miraculously resistant to the flames.
Carcassonne with the Aude river in the foreground
Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209