Carla-Bayle
Carla- Bayle is a commune with 786 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) and former Huguenot stronghold in the department of Ariège in the Midi-Pyrénées region. In the last years an artists' colony has settled that characterizes the place highly.
- 3.1 Museums
Geography
Carla- Bayle is located about 50 km from Toulouse in the northeast of the department of Ariège on a rocky outcrop. To the west of the village is the 15 -acre lake of Carla- Bayle.
History
In Gallo -Roman times there was an oppidum in the territory of the present municipality.
The first written mention of the village dates from the year 960 when the bishop of Toulouse the place to the Count of Carcassonne was. In the 11th century belonged to the county of Foix Carla who had a palace built there in the 12th century. In the 13th century by the building of the church, the place was surrounded by a city wall and into a fortress.
After the Albigensian Crusade was called the place Castlardo and reported directly to the king of France. From the 16th century until the Revolution it was called then Carla -le- Comte, was renamed in Carla Bayle and Carla -le- Peuple to be changed back to it in Carla- le -Comte. 1879, finally, the name was chosen to name Carla- Bayle used today again, which refers to those born in the village of reconnaissance Pierre Bayle.
In the 16th century, first made a Protestant community in the village felt that was a center of Huguenot resistance during the Wars of Religion.
Population Development
Buildings and monuments
- The city walls date from the 12th and 13th centuries.
- The Huguenot temple from the 19th century is classified as a Monument Historique Inscrit.
- In Carla- Bayle are the ruins of the birthplace of Pierre Bayle.
- Since the mid- 1990s, Carla- Bayle has developed into an artist village. There are many art studios and galleries on the main road. As an artist village of Carla- Bayle now enjoys national significance, it represent artists from throughout France.
Museums
The museum Pierre Bayle was inaugurated by Lionel Jospin, on 18 November 1989. It records the tracks of the life and works of Pierre Bayle by and of Protestantism in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Personalities
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), philosopher of the Enlightenment, was born in the former Carla- le -Comte.
Swell
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- Municipality in the department of Ariège
- Place in Midi -Pyrénées