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Albi (Albi) is a commune in southern France. [1]

71 relations: A68 autoroute, Abomey, Albi Cathedral, Albigensian Crusade, Ancient Rome, Anno Domini, Antoinette de Saliès, Archaeology, Avignon, École des mines d'Albi-Carmaux, Benin, Bernard de Castanet, Bronze Age, Burgundy, Canton of Albi-1, Canton of Albi-2, Canton of Albi-3, Canton of Albi-4, Cantons of France, Castle, Catharism, Circuit d'Albi, City of Randwick, Cluny, Communes of France, Departments of France, Elite One Championship, Flamboyant, Gare d'Albi-Madeleine, Gare d'Albi-Ville, Gaul, Girona, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Humid subtropical climate, Isatis tinctoria, Jean-François Champollion University Center for Teaching and Research, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Jews, Köppen climate classification, Languedoc, Maui County, Hawaii, Middle Ages, Montauban, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Occitan language, Oceanic climate, Palace, Palais des Papes, Palo Alto, California, Prefecture, ..., Prefectures in France, Racing Club Albi XIII, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi, Rood screen, Rugby league, Rugby Pro D2, Rugby union, Salvius (bishop), SC Albi, Shepherds' Crusade (1320), Sister city, Spain, Tarn (department), Tarn (river), Toulouse, Tourism in Tarn, UNESCO, United States, World Heritage site, 2007 Tour de France. Expand index (21 more) »

A68 autoroute

The A68 autoroute is a long motorway in southern France.

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Abomey

Abomey is a city in the Zou Department of Benin.

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Albi Cathedral

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia (French: Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi), also known as Albi Cathedral, is the most important Catholic building in Albi, France and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Albi.

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Albigensian Crusade

The Albigensian Crusade or the Cathar Crusade (1209–1229) was a 20-year military campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, in southern France.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Antoinette de Saliès

Antoinette de Salvan de Saliès (1639 – June 13, 1730, Salies) was a French writer and feminist.

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Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Avignon

Avignon (Avenio; Provençal: Avignoun, Avinhon) is a commune in south-eastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river.

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École des mines d'Albi-Carmaux

The École des Mines d'Albi (officially École Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, also known as EMAC or Mines Albi, ex-ENSTIMAC) was created in 1993.

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Benin

Benin (Bénin), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Bernard de Castanet

Bernard de Castanet (c. 1240 – 14 August 1317) was a French lawyer, judge, diplomat, bishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Burgundy

Burgundy (Bourgogne) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France.

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Canton of Albi-1

The canton of Albi-1 is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France.

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Canton of Albi-2

The canton of Albi-2 is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France.

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Canton of Albi-3

The canton of Albi-3 is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France.

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Canton of Albi-4

The canton of Albi-4 is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France.

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Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's arrondissements and departments.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Catharism

Catharism (from the Greek: καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure ") was a Christian dualist or Gnostic revival movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe, particularly northern Italy and what is now southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries.

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Circuit d'Albi

The Circuit d'Albi is a motorsport race track located in the French town of Le Sequestre near Albi, about 80 km northeast of Toulouse.

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City of Randwick

The City of Randwick is a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Cluny

Cluny is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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Communes of France

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Elite One Championship

The Elite One Championship (French: Le Championnat de France Elite) is the top level rugby league competition in France.

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Flamboyant

Flamboyant (from French flamboyant, "flaming") is the name given to a florid style of late Gothic architecture in vogue in France from about 1350, until it was superseded by Renaissance architecture during the early 16th century.

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Gare d'Albi-Madeleine

Albi-Madeleine is a railway station in Albi, Occitanie, France.

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Gare d'Albi-Ville

Albi-Ville is a railway station in Albi, Occitanie, France.

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Gaul

Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine.

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Girona

Girona (Gerona; Gérone) is a city in Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell and has an official population of 99,013 as of January 2017.

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the modern, sometimes decadent, affairs of those times.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Isatis tinctoria

Isatis tinctoria, also called woad, dyer's woad, or glastum, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.

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Jean-François Champollion University Center for Teaching and Research

The Jean-Francois Champollion University Center for Teaching and Research (Centre universitaire de formation et de recherche Jean-François Champollion) is a French university, in the Academy of Toulouse.

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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (variant spelling of his name comte "de La Pérouse"; 23 August 17411788?) was a French Naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Languedoc

Languedoc (Lengadòc) is a former province of France.

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Maui County, Hawaii

Maui County, officially County of Maui, is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Montauban

Montauban (Montalban) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

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Musée Toulouse-Lautrec

The Musée Toulouse-Lautrec is an art museum in Albi, southern France, dedicated mainly to the work of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec who was born near Albi.

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Occitan language

Occitan, also known as lenga d'òc (langue d'oc) by its native speakers, is a Romance language.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Palace

A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.

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Palais des Papes

The Palais des Papes (English: Papal palace, lo Palais dei Papas in Occitan) is a historical palace located in Avignon, southern France.

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Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.

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Prefecture

A prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) is an administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries and within some international church structures, and in antiquity a Roman district governed by an appointed prefect.

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Prefectures in France

A prefecture (préfecture) in France may refer to.

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Racing Club Albi XIII

Racing Club Albi XIII originally called Racing Club Albigeois XIII and more recently also known as Albi Tigers are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Albi in the Occitanie region in southern France.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi (–Castres–Lavaur) (Latin: Archidioecesis Albiensis (–Castrensis–Vauriensis); French: Archidiocèse d'Albi (–Castres–Lavaur)), usually referred to simply as the Archdiocese of Albi, is a non-metropolitan archdiocese (one having no suffragan dioceses) of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in southern France.

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Rood screen

The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jube) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field.

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Rugby Pro D2

Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second tier of rugby union club competition division in France.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Salvius (bishop)

Salvius or Sauve (fl. c. 580) was a bishop of Albi in Francia.

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SC Albi

Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2.

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Shepherds' Crusade (1320)

The Shepherds' Crusade of 1320 was a popular crusading movement in northern France aimed to help the Reconquista of Iberia.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Tarn (department)

Tarn is a French department located in the Occitanie region in the southwest of France named after the Tarn river.

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Tarn (river)

The Tarn (Tarn, Tarnis, possibly meaning 'rapid' or 'walled in') is a long river in southern France (régions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées), right tributary of the Garonne.

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Toulouse

Toulouse (Tolosa, Tolosa) is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie.

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Tourism in Tarn

The Tarn department, is situated in the southwest of France.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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2007 Tour de France

The 2007 Tour de France the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 to 29 July.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albi

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