BEZIERS  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• HERAULT

Herault, 47 M . S.W. of See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (5906) 46,262 . Beziers is situated in a See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-growing See also:

• DISTRICT

district on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• ORB

Orb, which is joined at this point by the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal du Midi . The Allees See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Riquet, named after the creator of the canal, occupy the centre of Beziers and See also:

• DIVIDE

divide the old town with its See also:

• MAZE

maze of narrow and irregular streets from the new See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . They See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and shady See also:

• PROMENADE

promenade, terminating al one end in the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place de la Republique and the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, the front of which is decorated with bas-reliefs by See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David d'See also:

• ANGERS

Angers, and at the other in a beautiful See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park, the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

Plateau See also:

• DES

des Poetes . The most interesting portion of the town is the extreme See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west where the old ramparts overlook the Orb . Above them towers St Nazaire, the finest of the churches of Beziers; it See also:

• DATES

dates from the 12th to the 14th centuries and is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good specimen of the ecclesiastical fortification See also:

• COMMON

common in southern France . Its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic features are the See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose window in the western See also:

• FACADE

facade, and the stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and curious See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron grilles of the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir-windows, which belong to the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Adjoining the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept there are See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic cloisters of the 14th century . The Orb is crossed by four See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges, the railway See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient bridge of the 13th or 14th century, a See also:

• MODERN

modern bridge and the See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct by which the Canal du Midi is carried over the river .

About See also:

• HALF

half a mile to the south-west of the town are the locks of Fonserannes, in which in 330 yds. the See also:

• WATER

water of the canal descends 8o ft. to reach the level of the Orb . There are remains of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

arena which have been built into the houses of the See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

rue St Jacques . Beziers is seat of a sub-See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, communal colleges and several learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . It is an agricultural See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market and carries on an active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in wine, See also:

• BRANDY

brandy, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur . Its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are chiefly connected with the wine trade (cask and See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork making, &c.) and there are important distilleries . It also has iron-See also:

• WORKS

works and tanneries . The See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans established a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony at Beziers, and it was the headquarters of the seventh See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Baelerrae Septimanorum . The See also:

• PRESENT

present name occurs in the form Besara as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as See also:

• FESTUS (? RuFUS or RUFIUS)
• FESTUS, SEXTUS POMPEIUS

Festus See also:

• AVIENUS, RUFIUS FESTUS

Avienus (later 4th century) . The town was completely destroyed in 1209 by the forces of See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon de See also:

• MONTFORT
• MONTFORT, SIMON DE, EARL OF LEICESTER (d. 1265)

Montfort in the crusade against the Albigenses, on which occasion 20,000 persons were massacred . The walls were rebuilt in 1289; but the town again suffered severely in.the See also:

• CIVIL

civil and religious See also:

• WARS

wars of the 16th century, and all its fortifications were destroyed in 1632 .