Béziers Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire-et-Saint-Celse de Béziers) is a Roman Catholic church located in Béziers, France. The edifice dates...

3.2190°E / 43.3476; 3.2190 The Massacre at Béziers occurred on 22 July 1209 during the sack of Béziers by crusaders. It was the first major military...

Hérault department in the Occitanie region. Every August Béziers hosts the famous Feria de Béziers, which is centred on bullfighting. A million visitors...

of cathedrals in France and in the French overseas departments, territories and collectivities, including both actual and former diocesan cathedrals (seats...

Béziers. Local traditions made St. Aphrodisius arrive at Béziers mounted on a camel. Hence the custom of leading a camel in the procession at Béziers...

cast in 1665 by Damiac Fulcrand at Béziers, and declared a monument historique in 1959. Donjon, on the cathedral tower Interior Organ (Gérald Guillemin...

Paul's Cathedral in London, the Duomo in Florence, Toledo Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, Westminster Abbey, Reims Cathedral, the Dom...

region between Béziers and Sète, and make Cap d'Agde "the holiday port of Toulouse", the decrepit little town of Agde depends on Béziers. The main marina...

d'Agde Agde 12th century abandoned cathedral Mérimée Hérault Béziers Cathedral Béziers 13th century abandoned cathedral Mérimée Hérault Église Saint-Paul...

his. Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the Massacre at Béziers during the Albigensian Crusade, recorded 30 years later, according to Caesarius...

of seven he was allowed to improvise each Sunday at the organ of Béziers' cathedral during mass. At the age of ten he conducted his own Fantasie for orchestra...

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier (–Lodève–Béziers–Agde–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Montis Pessulani...

the Languedoc-the Archbishop of Narbonne, and the bishops of Toulouse, Béziers, and Viviers-from their duties. The poor quality of bishops in the Languedoc...

might kiss it. The legend of Aphrodisius of Alexandria was transferred to Béziers, where his name was inserted at the head of the list of bishops. In the...

responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi. Paul Riquet was born in Béziers, Hérault, France, the eldest son of solicitor, state prosecutor and businessman...

moved from Maguelone in 1536, and the huge monastery chapel became a cathedral. In 1432, Jacques Cœur established himself in the city and it became an...

communities. Travellers wishing to connect by plane arrive by airports in nearby Béziers, Carcassonne, Perpignan, Toulouse or Montpellier, as Narbonne does not...

Earl of Leicester in England from 1204. He was also Viscount of Albi, Béziers and Carcassonne from 1213, as well as Count of Toulouse from 1215. He was...

corresponds to the administrative region. The region has 16 cathedrals (Agde, Alès, Alet, Béziers, Carcassonne, Elne, Lodève, Maguelone, Mende, Montpellier...

unable to occupy Béziers until 1168, despite a siege led by Alfonso II of Aragon on his behalf in 1167. Roger punished the citizens of Béziers by permitting...

populated of Occitanie behind Toulouse, Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan and Béziers. In 2019, there were 61,372 inhabitants, called Montalbanais. The town...

AD 28 April 65 AD found in Roman Martyrology Priest of the Diocese of Béziers, martyr Apollinaris Claudius 0's 100s found in Roman Martyrology Apollinaris...

commission for a silver altarpiece for Avignon Cathedral (1429; apparently never completed), as active in Béziers (1433; work for Saint Aphrodise, and as collaborator...

de Paris, Chartres Cathedral, Dijon Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Saint-Sulpice, Paris, Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, Strasbourg Cathedral, Eglise de la Madeleine...

Vincent. Beyond the Pyrenees, he was venerated first in the vicinity of Béziers, and at Narbonne. Castres became an important stop on the international...

wife was Constance, daughter of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Beatrice of Béziers, whom he married in 1195. He repudiated her a few years later. The identity...

students) was built. In 1998, a second University campus was built in Béziers on the site of the former Duguesclin barracks. A move of the university's...

Visigoths. The seven cities were today's Elne, Agde, Narbonne, Lodève, Béziers, Nîmes and Maguelone. In the aftermath of the Battle of Vouille (507),...

assembled his army at Bourges and moving quickly captured the towns of Béziers, Carcassonne, Beaucaire, and Marseille. However, Avignon resisted, refusing...

elected king of the Romans, Sanchia was crowned alongside him at Aachen Cathedral in 1257. Four years later, Queen Sanchia died aged around 36. Sanchia's...