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It is the city of Luis XIV, of the French revolution, the Blue Coast,
and much more stories: Youngest child of Tudela, the Jewish travellers of
century XII, Christians and saracenos, Arabs of Maghrib, retailers of
Lombardía has given to the city a special form. Nowadays it is the
bigger university city of the south of the country. It has around
300,000 inhabitants and it is the scientific center of the south.
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Compared with Nimes, Montpellier it is a young city, because it is
about 1,000 years old. The most remarkable part of the city is its
University, famous from medieval times, since it was founded on
century XIV. In this ciudad Francois Rabelais cared for himself. Today it is one of
the most prestigious universities of France, which turns to the city
lectiva time a boisterous and animated point of contact of young
students. Downtown is now peatonal and Place of the Comédie
corresponds to the total heart of the city, in which, free of
vehicular traffic, the coffees are installed and the terraces and
calmly the beautiful facade of the Municipal Theater can be admired,
that belongs to century XIX. From this seat the route of the city can
be begun.
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Walking by the Boulevard Sarrail the Esplanade is arrived at the Fabre
Museum, crossing, that is filled with banana rows leafy. The museum
discovers works of outstanding artists like Gustave Couvert and Eugène
Delacroix, as well as paintings of Frédéric Bazille, in addition to
important works of the schools English, Italian, Spanish or flamenco
(Reynolds, Rafael, Creek or Teniers). In order to give strolls or to
go of purchases nothing better than the Rue Montpelliéret, that runs
compares to the museum and that leads to the old side streets, that
are the true heart of the city. The Promenade du Peyrou is the most
beautiful part of Montpellier with its sections of stairs, forged iron
iron doors, trees in the corners, that equip it with a particular
style. Finally and before leaving the city a return by the older
Botanical Garden of France can be given. Most impressive is the
variety of flowers and trees that expose themselves in this place and
the calm atmosphere that is breathed between so exuberante nature.
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