PLACES TO VISIT IN ALBI | |||||
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From wherever you are in the countryside overlooking Albi, you can see the imposing world's largest brick of Sainte-Cecile Cathedral . This cathedral is not only a formidable fortress, but a vigilant guardian of the city which has grown peacefully by its side. | |||||
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The Berbie palace , adjoins the cathedral on the north side. Built by the inquisitor bishops at the time for use as military fortress, it bears little resemblance at first sight to a palace. Take the door to the left of the Toulouse-Lautrec museum entrance ; you are now in the largest morld-wide exhibitor of Toulouse-Lautrec paintings
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The old city is one of the largest conservation areas in France. | |||||
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Saint Salvi church and its cloister are the city's oldest monument. It was built in two stages on the site of a carolangian church. In the XVth century particularly, extensive work graduallly transformed this Romanesque edifice into a Gothic church | |||||
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