Albi Cathedral
A red brick cathedral begun in 1282, after the Albigensian Crusade, and built over two hundred years; from outside it looks like a fortress. Inside, walls painted in blues and golds and an ornate carved choir screen make a lavish contrast, and it is said to be the largest brick building in the world.
- Where
- Albi, Occitanie, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 43.9285, 2.1426
Get the Albi Cathedral stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Albi Cathedral. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Occitanie volume with your photos and a note.
Near Albi Cathedral
Cité de l'Espace 65 km
A space discovery park opened in 1997 on the eastern edge of Toulouse, the home of Europe's aerospace industry. Visitors walk around a full size model of an Ariane 5 rocket and a replica of the Mir space station, and there is a planetarium.
Basilica of Saint-Sernin 67 km
A great Romanesque basilica in Toulouse built over the tomb of Saint Saturnin, the city's first bishop. Its octagonal brick bell tower rises in tiers above a church famed for its Romanesque sculpture, long a stop on the pilgrim road to Santiago de Compostela.
Canal du Midi 68 km
A 240 kilometre canal across southern France from Toulouse towards the Mediterranean, one of the great construction works of the 17th century. Shaded by plane trees, its locks and towpaths are now the domain of slow barges, walkers and cyclists.
Millau Viaduct 72 km
A cable stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the Tarn valley near Millau, designed by the engineer Michel Virlogeux and the architect Norman Foster. With a structural height of 343 metres it held the title of the world's tallest bridge for two decades, its masts often rising above the morning cloud.
Cité de Carcassonne 82 km
A walled medieval citadel on a hill above the river Aude, with two rings of ramparts and dozens of towers. Restored in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc, who gave many towers their pointed roofs, it holds a small town of lanes, a castle and a basilica inside the walls.
Gouffre de Padirac 108 km
A great chasm in the limestone near Gramat, opening onto an underground river. Visitors go down by stairs and lifts into the pit, then travel by boat through galleries of rock deep below the surface.
Lascaux 147 km
A cave near Montignac whose walls and ceilings carry over 600 paintings of horses, deer, aurochs and other animals from the Upper Paleolithic. The original is closed to protect it, and visitors see the art in faithful replicas, the newest of them in a centre at the foot of the hill.
Maison Carrée 178 km
One of the best preserved Roman temples anywhere, built in the age of Augustus in the centre of Nîmes for the imperial cult. Its Corinthian columns stand on a high podium, facing the glass Carré d'Art designed by Norman Foster across the square.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Occitanie
Questions
Where is Albi Cathedral?
Albi Cathedral is in Albi, Occitanie, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Cité de l'Espace (65 km), Basilica of Saint-Sernin (67 km), Canal du Midi (68 km).
How do I get the Albi Cathedral stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Albi Cathedral and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Occitanie volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Albi Cathedral before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Occitanie volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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