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December 18th, 2011
Uzès 300334 30700
Gard Languedoc-Roussillon
44.015 4.421 120 m

A view of the city, Uzès

One view. The King's Tower, the Bishop's Tower, The Bermonde Tower.
Another view. The Dukes of Uzès palace, with the Bermonde tower.

The city of Uzès, and 2 of its 3 medieval towers, among which the tower Bermonde of the Ducal Palace, and the tower of the bishop's palace with its bell, seen from the nearness of the Saint-Théodorit cathedral.

In the city we can see among others, the castle of the Duchy of XIIth XIXth centuries with the tower of Bermonde, the tower of the bishop's palace, and the tower of king.

The Ducal Palace.

Uzès is a French minicipality, located in the department of Gard, the Languedoc-Roussillon area, populated of 8602 Uzétiens en 2004, distributed on 25,4 km², that is to say 338,5 hab./km².

Uzès is located at 30 km in the north of Nimes, the city dominates the valley of the Eure, where is the source of the Eure, collected by the Romans and forwarded to Nimes via an aqueduct of which the most known part is le Pont du Gard.

Uzès is classified in conformance with French Towns and Lands of Art and History.

History of Uzès.

JEAN RACINE lived in Uzès. Racine would have written in Uzès this famous verse: "Et nous avons des nuits plus belles que vos jours.", and we have nights more beautiful than your days.

My images of Uzès.

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