Narbonne Cathedral, consisting of a vast Gothic choir, begun in 1272--Its mechanical skill cold, but still Gothic of the grand style--Lovely XIV-century glass--Sack of Béziers, 1209--Perpignan Cathedral and Elne's cloister (note)--Abbey church of Fontfroide allied with Poblet in Catalonia (note).
Montpellier Cathedral, formerly an abbey church, built by Urban V, XIV century--Jaime el Conquistador, mighty builder of churches, born in Montpellier, 1208--Mende Cathedral and St. Victor's abbatial at Marseilles built by Urban V (note)--Maguelonne, former cathedral of diocese, now the most aloof spot in Europe--Aigues-Mortes, begun by St. Louis, completed by his son--Fortress unspoiled by restorations--Both crusades of Louis IX sailed thence--St. Gilles' abbey church, partly a ruin, interesting to archæologists; building from 1116--Noted portal of St. Gilles inspired Trinity Church, Boston--Loyalty of Provence to its Saintes-Maries traditions--Les Saintes-Maries church a pilgrim shrine (note)--St. Martha's church at Tarascon (note).
St. Trophime Cathedral at Arles--Portal influenced by Gallo-Roman sculpture--Its cloister the fairest Christian monument in the city--Ruins of Montmajour near Arles--Frédéric Mistral should be one's companion in Provence--Expresses the regional soul--St. Maximin church the best Gothic monument in Provence--Begun by Charles II d'Anjou in 1295--Cathedral of St. Sauveur at Aix-en-Provence is composite--Its south aisle originally a separate Romanesque church, XII century--Good King René gave the triptych by a French _primitif_--Avignon's great day was the XIV century under seven meridional popes, 1309 to 1377--Palace of the Popes built from 1335 to 1358--Grandest fortress-palace in the world.
Burgundy excelled in monastic architecture--The cradle of three great cloistral centers--Luxeuil, Cluny, Cîteaux--Luxeuil, founded by St. Columbanus (610), reorganized the VII century--Cluny, Christendom's supremest monastic congregation, founded 910--St. Hugues of Cluny (1049 to 1109) trained the leaders who remade Europe's civilization--Peter the Venerable, abbot from 1120 to 1156, continued building Cluny's vast church--Abélard died in a Cluny house, 1142--Revolution destroyed the glorious abbatial church--Paray-le-Monial, the favorite priory of Abbot Odilo (d. 1049) of Cluny, initiator of the Truce of God--Its Romanesque church has fluted pilasters (XII century)--Autun Cathedral's Romanesque portal the ancestor of the sculptured doors of Gothic cathedrals--Abbey church at Saulieu (note)--Beaune's collegiate of Notre Dame has lovely tapestries--Hôtel Dieu at Beaune (1444 to 1457), founded by Nicolas Rolin, contains Roger van der Weyden's best work--Hospital hall at Tonnerre (founded 1293) the prototype for Beaune's hospice--Fontenay, the oldest Romanesque Cistercian church extant--Dedicated by Eugene III in 1147--Avallon's church of St. Lazare blessed by Paschal II in 1107--Has a well-known Romanesque entranceway.