This serene and cheerful town on the river Tarn ' built, like Tou?­louse, with red brick and so known as Albi la Rouge ' was once the scene of confrontations between the Cathar heretics, also known as Albigeois or Albigenses, and the Roman church.
Armies of Cathar heretics and Roman church battled near Albi la Rouge.
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