We got back from a fabulous trip to France and I experienced
passionate feelings for this lovely nation once more! We visited some wonderful
UNESCO locales close Toulouse. One of my most loved visits was gîtes albi.
Spotted in south-focal France around 50 miles northeast of Toulouse, is a calm
town of around 52,000 inhabitants. In spite of the fact that less well-known to
North American tourists than numerous different towns in southern France, Albi
is steeped in Medieval history and makes a perfect day stop on a flatboat tour
of the area.
Albi, placed on the Tarn River, has a solid Protestant
(Anglican/Episcopal) history, in spite of the fact that the larger part of
France is customarily Catholic. The city, regularly alluded to as the
€episcopal City,€ is the seat of the Archbishop and Diocese of vacances albi and a great part of the
town's history revolves around the congregation and Sainte-Cecile Cathedral.
Numerous Medieval-time stone structures still stand today, loaning the city an
enchanting, notable air.
The primary fascination in Albi is Sainte-Cecile Cathedral,
an UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can't miss the thirteenth century church,
whose ringer tower rules the Albi landscape. The church building is apparently
more like a fortification than a congregation. Just when you enter the building
do you see the rich 16-century paintings, the rood screen, and the one of a
kind ribbon of stones that upgrade the €last Judgment Day€ paintings. The
Gothic structure is said to be the largest block constructing on the planet.
Nearby the church is the previous bishop's palace, also
inherent the thirteenth century, and now the site of the Toulouse-Lautrec
Museum. With new displays that recently opened in April of 2012, the museum is
dedicated to the work of the city's most loved child, nineteenth century
craftsman Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. It is the largest public gathering of his
work anyplace on the planet, with more than a thousand paintings, lithographs,
drawings and posters by Lautrec on display. The center of the gathering was
given in the 1920s by the craftsman's relatives, the Count and Countess of
Toulouse-Lautrec.
Conceived in Albi in 1864, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec is best
known for his scenes of €fin de siecle€ Paris, particularly the Montmartre
neighborhood. A contemporary of Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec
searched out the seemier side of the city. His paintings and drawings
frequently feature move lobby young ladies, prostitutes, tired consumers and
the depression encompassing bed and breakfast albi.
Destined to a privileged family, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both
of his legs as an issue and they neglected to mend properly and stopped
developing. As a grown-up, he had the upper body size of a man, but the legs of
a youngster and stood just 5'1€ tall. A substantial consumer, he passed on in
Albi of the impacts of liquor addiction at age 37. He is covered only outside
of Albi.
June and July are the celebration season in
Albi. Consistently amid this period brings an alternate festival. In June,
you'll discover the celebration of Saint-Jean and the yearly music reasonable.
In July, the celebrations incorporate the yearly theater celebration; the
Bastille Day festival on July 14, complete with firecrackers; the Tarot
Festival and the Urban Festival, which is held in the Old Town and joins
sustenance, sports, music and innovation.
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