Albi is a French locality located in the department of the Tarn, of which he is capital, in the Noon-Pyrenean region, with 46,579 inhabitants. It is located on the Tarn river. They were the clays of this river the raw material to elaborate the red bricks that characterize his local architecture, or in its cathedral, in its houses, bridges, palaces or mills.
City founded in the days of the Roman Empire, well-known like Albiga. The heretical sect of the albigenses, developed in centuries XII-XIII took their name from that city.
Between his main monuments it emphasizes the basilica of Santa Cecilia, constructed in brick. The works of their construction began in 1282, extending by space of two centuries. Also it is to emphasize the Old Bridge, one of oldest of France, and still in use. Next to the cathedral is the Palace of the Berbie, old episcopal palace and present seat of the Toulouse-Lautrec museum. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is the son of known Albi more.