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Albi

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Albi , town (1990 pop. 48,707), capital of Tarn dept., S France, in Languedoc, on the Tarn River. A commercial center, its has glassworks and food-processing, textile-manufacturing, and tourist industries. An old Roman city (Albiga), it became an episcopal see in the 5th cent. It was the center of the heresy to which it gave its name (see Albigenses ). The old part of the city, known as the ville rouge because of its red-brick buildings, is a marvel of medieval architecture. The huge Gothic Cathedral of Sainte-Cécile, begun in 1282, resembles a fortress rather than a church. Oth... Read more
Albi
Albi, Midi‐Pyrénées/France Albiga Takes its name from a Roman personal name, Albius. It gave its name to the Albigensian Crusade of 1209, a war against Catharist heretics which only ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1229, but which did not eliminate the heresy itself. Read more
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de ( b Albi, 24 Nov. 1864; d Château de Malromé, nr. Toulouse, 9 Sept...a large collection of his work to the museum in his native city of Albi, which was renamed the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec. The museum houses... Read more

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