Day 14 - 26th October - Albi: Jardin du Palais de la Berbie (Part 2)
Next was the cathedral treasury.
Crowned, seated Virgin and Child
Annunication
St Martianne hand reliquary
St Cecilia Hand Reliquary
Another reliquary
Infant Jesus giving keys to St Peter
Châsse said to be St Ursula's (Wikipedia: "A chasse or box reliquary is a shape commonly used in medieval metalwork for reliquaries and other containers")
Polyptych
Crowned Saint, Head of Woman
Repentance of St Peter
I went to look at the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, but it was closed for 20 minutes more - a sign said they were at lunch. Of course.
Apparently when you go to the toilet you are crucified
I decided to have lunch too.
Set lunch
Other sets. I like "Le Gourmet" - basically choose anything from the menu
I tried the Suze. It was a bit more pleasant than pastis (which is very strong). Anyway it was €4 (Coke was €3).
Aumônière de Chèvre. Literally this means pouch of goat's cheese, but an Aumônière was also a belt pouch in the Middle Ages
Dos de Colin (Hake back)
Blanc Mangé
I went back to the museum and in the store I saw Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's style. As I suspected it was not pleasant, so I skipped the museum.
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
Garden
Door
Cathedral and Museum from Square
On the Bishop's Palace, home to the Museum
Rue d'Engueysse
Bend
Pont Vieux (old bridge)
Cathedral from other side
On the Old Bridge
Rue de la Grande Cote
"Numidian" place (presumably serving Libyan food)
This was the third African place I'd seen this day. Too bad I hadn't seen it earlier or I might've lunched here.
Quay where in 1763 the Archbishop raised this quay on top of the old ramparts
Bend
On the Quai Choiseul
I then went to look at the Museum's garden, which was:
"Remarkable Garden"
Surprisingly, I quite agreed. I liked the garden.
Left side
Garden
On the palace
Old Bridge from garden
Sheltered walkway
Cathedral from garden
Boy running
City of Albi
The gardens and palace for the blind
"Remarkable Garden" is an official government classification. Okay.
No picnicing in the garden
Austere cathedral walls
Pigeons, fountain
Cathedral entrance from below
Portal
I was amused that Le Petit Train was still running in late October. Albeit with doors to keep the chill out.
Interesting thing sketched on the cathedral exterior
On cathedral
The bell tower was part of fortifications separating Albi from Castelviel. This is probably a better explanation for the cathedral's exterior austerity than Cathar sensibilities.
Bonjour ma belle
(not the official name)
Rue de l'Oulmet
Carnaval poster - they are electing a Queen though it's in February.
Joan of Arc I presume
I then returned to Toulouse.