Medieval Le Pont Vieux, bridge over the River Orb leading to 14th Century Gothic Saint-Nazaire Cathedral behind, Bezier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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Béziers was a Languedoc stronghold of Catharism, which the Catholic Church condemned as heretical and which Catholic forces exterminated in the Albigensian Crusade. The crusaders reached the town in 1209, The invaders burned the cathedral of Saint Nazaire, which collapsed on those who had taken refuge inside. The town was pillaged and burnt. None was left

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Location: Bezier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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