Albi

Known as the "red city" for the ochre brick of its fortified cathedral and historic centre, Albi is a UNESCO World Heritage town on the river Tarn in southern France's Occitanie region. The Cathedral Sainte-Cécile, built between 1282 and 1480, and the adjacent Palais de la Berbie — former archbishop's palace and now home to the world's largest collection of works by post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was born here — dominate the riverbanks. The town's name passed into history as the label for the Cathar movement, whose followers faced violent suppression in the 13th-century Albigensian Crusade.

• Population52,409
• Nearest water from center0.2 km
• Nearest mountain from center39.3 km
• UNESCO within 50 km1