Burlats () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Tarn department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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and
Occitanie Occitanie may refer to:
*Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French
*Occitania (administrative region)
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region
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of southern
France
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.
Population
Notable monuments
* The Adelaide Pavilion, a unique showcase of Roman civil architecture that cradled the birth of
''l’Amour courtois'' (“courtly love”, a medieval European conception of love in its noble, chivalrous ways). Dame
Adelaide de Toulouse was the daughter of
Raymond V, count of Toulouse
Raymond V ( oc, Ramon; c. 1134 – c. 1194) was Count of Toulouse from 1148 until his death in 1194.
He was the son of Alphonse I of Toulouse and Faydida of Provence. Alphonse took his son with him on the Second Crusade in 1147. When Alphon ...
, viscountess of
Albi
Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig ...
, who married
Roger II Trencavel Roger II Trencavel (died March 1194) was the Viscount of Carcassonne, Béziers, Razès, and Albi from 1167 or 1171 until his death. Until 1177 he used the title proconsul, usually as ''proconsul de Bitteris'' (of Béziers), but he abandoned the usag ...
in 1171.
* The House of Adam, a 12th-century house famous for its façade on the river
Agout
The Agout or Agoût (; oc, Agot) is a long river in south-western France. It is a left tributary of the Tarn. Its source is in the southern Massif Central, in the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park. It flows generally west through the followin ...
that possibly depended from the priory. Its name came from a window lintel that was sold in 1935.
* The former St-Pierre collegiate church. The priory was mentioned for the first time in 973, then in a bull from pope
Calixtus II
Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II ( – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, ...
, as dependant from the
Castres
Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect, Languedocian dialect of Occitan language, Occitan) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administ ...
Abbey. When the latter became a cathedral in 1317, the priory was secularised and became a collegiate in 1318. After several destructions, due notably to the
Wars of Religion
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and a fire in 1625, the church's ruins are eventually bought by the commune in 1835 to be restored. It was designated a “Monument Historique” in 1845.
* The ''Bistoure'' gate, one of the four gates of the ramparts, dating back to the 14th century.
* The 17th-century castle, with its ancient 14th-century tower.
See also
*
Communes of the Tarn department
The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Tourism in Tarn
The Tarn department is situated in the southwest of France.
Statistics
In 2009, there were :
* Nightly rentals : 8.6 million
* Beds available : 23,100
* Business hotels represented 305,000 tourists for a total of 470,200 nights
* Campsites repres ...]
References
External links
Commune de Burlats websiteBurlats Travel Guide & Panoramic Virtual Tour
Communes of Tarn (department)
Monuments historiques of Occitania (administrative region)
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