Albi

Albi, capital of the department of Tarn in the south of France, is built on a height near the Tarn, a tributary of the Garonne, 42 miles by rail NE. of Toulouse. It is very old, and suffered greatly during the religious wars which devastated the land in the time of the Albigenses, who took their name from this place. Besides the usual government offices, it possesses a public library and a museum and theatre. The chief buildings are the cathedral (1282-1512), the old fortress, and the archbishop's palace. Pop. (1891) 17,230.