The Sainte Cécile cathedral and the baldachin in Albi, in the Tarn, in Occitanie, France - Image Details
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The Sainte Cécile cathedral and the baldachin in Albi, in the Tarn, in Occitanie, France

Albi is remarkable for its impressive fortified Sainte-Cécile cathedral and its Berbie palace, the former palace of the archbishops of Albi, which dominate the historic city center and the river. Birthplace of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, it houses a museum with the world`s largest collection of works by the Post-Impressionist painter. Finally, Albi is above all a historic landmark whose name was given to the followers of Catharism, the Albigenses, who suffered violent repression in the 13th century by the Roman Catholic Church known as the Albigensian Crusade. The Sainte-Cécile cathedral was built by the Catholics to fight against the Cathars.

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