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Albi, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Albi, Toulouse-Lautrec
Museum
Albi, Lapérouse Museum.
Albi, Cathedral Ste Cécile.
On the banks of the Tarn river in south-west France,
the old city of Albi reflects the culmination of a medieval
architectural and urban ensemble.
Albi Cathedral
Today the Old Bridge (Pont-Vieux), the Saint-Salvi quarter
and its church are testimony to its initial development (10th
-11th centuries).
Following the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathar heretics
(13th century) it became a powerful episcopal city.
Built in a unique southern French Gothic style from local
brick in characteristic red and orange colors, the lofty fortified
Cathedral (late 13th century) dominates the city, demonstrating
the power regained by the Roman Catholic clergy.
Alongside the Cathedral is the vast bishop's Palais de la
Berbie, overlooking the river and surrounded by residential
quarters that date back to the Middle Ages.
The Episcopal City of Albi forms a coherent and homogeneous
ensemble of monuments and quarters that has remained largely
unchanged over the centuries.
Gaillac
Alongside Tarn River you go to Albi
and aftre you head North through rolling
countryside, visiting wonderfully preserved fortified villages
(em>Bastides), the most famous of which is hill-top Cordes-sur-Ciel.
These walled settlements, with grid-pattern streets and handsome
squares, are now beautiful reminders of the great conflicts
of the Middle Ages. On third day you bike on the quiet roads
of the Gaillac vineyards to Puycelsi.
Click here for some pictures
of this cycling tour in Tarn, Albi & Bastides
Albi Market
Winding river valleys, empty roads with just the occasional
tractor. Gorgeous Gaillac wines, plus the culture and old city
of Albi, with its museums and art galleries, its markets and
medieval city centre. Albi is the perfect start of a holiday.
Rolling countryside, with half-timbered houses and the walled
'Bastides'that go back to the time of the Plantagenet Kings.
Easy to escape down meandering back roads and not see a soul
for hours.
You will stay in **/*** hotel Les Pasteliers in
Albi, a night in Puycelsi or Bruniquel with its two castles
from where you will go to St. Antonin Noble Val before the short
stage to Cordes and a longer stage of 62 km back to Plaisance.
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