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Beziers is a small city in Languedoc in the southwest of France and is located on a small bluff above the river Orb about 10 km from the Mediterranean. Beziers was a Launguedoc stronghold of the Cathars whom the Catholics detemined were heretics and whom they exterminated in the Albigensian cursade. The Canal du Midi building which brought a new lease of life to the city and then Beziers re-established itself as the wine growing capital of Languedoc and commercial and industrial town.
Bezier town was completely destroyed in the wars against the Cathars but it has rehabilitated itself to a great tourist destination. Some of the famous tourist destination in the city are the Cathedrale St Nazaire famous for its wodden sculptured portals and frescoes, the Pezenas an authentic small town that has attracted many muscians throughout the ages including Moliere, Marseillan Plage famous for its fine sandy beaches and the Horreum the underground labyrinth of granarie dating back to the Roman times. Among the museums Musee de L’Oppidum d’Enserune displays the great archaeological finds from Celtic, Greek and Roman periods, Musee du Biterrois displays the exhibition on local wine, history and the Canal du Midi and the Musee Intenational des Arts Modestes.
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