Albi, the episcopal city
The episcopal city of Albi is a set of building located at Albi and near the Tarn river in the region with the same name, Tarn. This city is composed of different districts, les combes, le bourg Saint-Salvi, the Castelnau and the Casteviel and they are around the Cathedral of Sainte-Cécile. This city is build with red bricks.
Discovering of Albi
Cathedrale of Sainte-Cecile
The Cathedrale of Sainte Cécile (built from 1282 to 1480), located aside the river Tarn in Albi, is dedicated to Sainte Cécile.
The largest organ, made by Christophe Moucherel between 1734 and 1736, is installed here.
The vault, 100 meters long and 20 meters wide, took four years to finish by two Italian painters from Bologna.
Every patterns has the colour, royal blue, relieved as the background. What makes it remarkable is that this is the biggest Cathedral drawn in Europe.
You can see the paint of the last jugement under the Great organ.