Odalys Residence Les Berges du Canal

General informations

by Klod5

Béziers (en occitan, Besièrs [beˈzjɛs]) est une commune française, située dans le département de l'Hérault et la région Languedoc-Roussillon.

Ses habitants sont appelés les Biterrois et Biterroises. Par sa population, c'est la seconde ville du département de l'Hérault et la quatrième de la région Languedoc-Roussillon (après Montpellier, Nîmes et Perpignan)

Amazingly carved mansion near the theater

by JLBG

Photo 1. At the northern end of Allées Paul Riquet, at the corner with rue de la Coquille an amazingly carved mansion is the seat og the “Librairie du theater” (theater bookshop).

Photo 2 is a bas-relief with a devil’s face in the middle of a vegetal interlacing.

Photo 3 shows a human figure that looks rather modern (owner of the mansion ?), in the center of an even larger vegetal interlacing. Too bad I have not found any information upon this puzzling building.

Beziers

by bwk_michael

"Around Beziers"

Béziers (Besièrs in Occitan, and Besiers in Catalan) is a town in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. It is a commune and a sous-préfecture in the Hérault département, with a population around 78,000, called Biterrois. Béziers hosts the famous Feria de Béziers, centred around bullfighting, every August. A million visitors are attracted to the five-day event.

"Around Beziers"

Local traditions had St. Aphrodisius arrive at Béziers mounted on a camel. Hence the custom of leading a mechanical camel in the procession at Béziers on the feast of the saint. The camel was burned during the Wars of Religion and again during the French Revolution. The custom was revived in 1803 only to be discontinued during the Revolution of 1830, when it was considered a symbol of feudalism and religious fanaticism. Today, it continues to run through the city's streets during local holidays. The current head dates from the eighteenth century. In the 1970s, it was proposed that the camel be remade to give it a real camel's appearance. However, the townspeople protested and the camel retained its traditional appearance.

The first historically known bishop is Paulinus mentioned in 418; St. Guiraud was Bishop of Béziers from 1121 to 1123

"Around..."

The town is located on a small bluff above the river Orb, about 10 km from the Mediterranean Sea. At Béziers the Canal du Midi spans the river Orb as an aqueduct called the pont-canal ('canal bridge'). claimed to be the first of its kind