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Introducing Albi
The massive, fortress-like Gothic cathedral dwarfing the rest of town is an unmissable reminder of Albi’s violent religious past. The town was at the heart of the so-called Albigensian heresy of the 12th and 13th centuries and the bloody crusade that crushed it. Almost all of central Albi, including the cathedral, is built from bricks of reddish clay, dug from the River Tarn that meanders through the town.
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Two things make a trip here well worthwhile: that extraordinary cathedral and the excellent museum dedicated to artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who hailed from Albi; it has the most extensive collection of his work anywhere.
Last updated: Oct 3, 2008
