Uzès: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 59 - 175 Le Clos Des Pradines
 The Clos des Pradines is located in Saint Quentin la Poterie, close to Nîmes, Alès and Avignon. It overlooks the Uzès Valley and offers an outdoor … MoreEUR 20 - 150 Madame Vacances Résidence Le Mas Des Oliviers
 Built in a traditional Provencal style and decorated in warm earth tones, the residence offers comfortable fully-equipped apartments spread over three… MoreEUR 70 - 92 Patio De Violette
 The hotel is set in quiet surroundings, close to the city centre and features modern architecture and a patio decorated with colourful flowers and tre… MoreEUR 83 - 145 Hostellerie Provençale
 Situated in the centre of Uzès, you will enjoy the charms of this typical Provence region style hotel. The Hostellerie Provençale and its staff are … MoreEUR 58 - 80 Hôtel Le Saint-Geniès
 This family hotel sits in a garden, in a quiet residential area, 1.5 km from Uzès historical centre. It has an outdoor pool and offers nice views ove… MoreEUR 70 - 125 Best Western Uzès Pont du Gard
 Best Western Uzès Pont du Gard offers comfortable and well-equipped rooms in the centre of Uzès. Enjoy access to an outdoor swimming pool, 2 tennis … MoreEUR 43 - 95 Domaine Le Moulin Neuf
 Located a 5-minute drive from Uzès, this holiday village is located on a 12-acre site in the countryside. It offers fully-equipped bungalows and an o… MoreEUR 65 - 210 Auberge d´Uzes
 In the heart of Province, this guesthouse is situated 2 km from the medieval village of Uzès. It features an outdoor swimming pool and charming rooms… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uzès: Guide
Uzès is a town and commune in France|commune in the Gard département in France|département, Languedoc, France, located about 15 miles north-northeast of Nîmes. Population: 8,007.
History
:For the Ecclesiastical history see bishopric of Uzès
Originally Ucetia, Uzès was a small Eure, from where a Roman aqueduct was built in the first century BC, to supply water to the local city of Nîmes, 50KM away. The most famous stretch of the aqueduct (Roman)|aqueduct is the Pont du Gard, which carried fresh water over splendid arches across the river Gardon.
The civilized and tolerant urban life of 5th-century Uzès contrasted with the Frankish north. Jews were settled there as early as the 5th century. Saint Ferréol of Uzès|Saint Ferréol, Bishop of Uzès, admitted them to his table and enjoyed their friendship. On this account complaint was made of him to King Childebert, whereupon the bishop was obliged to change his attitude toward the Jews, compelling all those who would not become Christians to leave Uzès. After his death (581) many who had received baptism returned to Judaism (Gallia Christiana, vi. 613; Dom Vaissète, "Histoire Générale de Languedoc," i. 274, 545).
In the 13th century, Uzès hosted a small community of Jewish scholars, as well as a community of Cathars.
Like many cloth-manufacturing centers (Uzès was known for its serges), the city and the surrounding countryside were strongly Protestant during the Wars of Religion in the 16th century, which wreaked havoc in Languedoc. Numerous of the city's churches were trashed and burned by furious Protestants: only two remain today.
The ducs d'Uzès
The title of duc Le Roi est mort. Vive le Roi!" at each state funeral, and defend the honor of the Queen Mother. Twenty-one ducs have been wounded or killed as hereditary Champion of France over the centuries.
Main sights
The present-day city retains the trace of its walls as a circuit of boulevards. A Capucin chapel, built in 1635 to house the mortal remains of the dukes, recently become First Peers of France, occupies the site of the 1st century temple to the first Roman Emperor, Octavian Augustus.
There are monuments of the prestige of the former bishopric, once one of the most extensive of Languedoc, but extinguished at the Revolution, and private houses that witness the wealth that the textile trade brought in the 16th century. The 11th century Romanesque architecture|Romanesque Tour Fenestrelle ("Window Tower"), with its paired windows, is probably the most famous icon of the city.
The Cathedral was destroyed in the Albigensian Crusade, rebuilt, and destroyed again in the 16th century French Wars of Religion|Wars of Religion. Rebuilt again in the 17th century, it was stripped out at during the French Revolution.
Miscellaneous
Births
Uzès was the birthplace of:
Firmin Abauzit (1679-1767), scholar who worked on physics, theology and philosophy
Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, Count de Brueys, (1753-1798), the French commander in the Battle of the Nile.
The unnamed second son of Dhuoda who was famous for her medieval literature Handbook for William.
See also
Bishopric of Uzès
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