Maguelonne

Maguelonne and Maguelone is also female first names.

To also consult Maguelone .

The town of Maguelonne , founded by the Visigoths, was ruined by the Francs into 737.

The island of Maguelone was, because of its position on a sandy cord easy to defend, between a Lagune and the Mer, the seat of a évêché. The current city of Villeneuve-the-Maguelone was built on the continent.

The bishops took refuge on the site of Subtantion which disappeared today. Maguelonne was raised by the bishop Arnaud (1030-1060). In 1172 the county of Melgueil passed to the hands of the house of Toulouse. The privilege of striking of currency ( under melgorien ) belonged to the counts de Melgueil who, ruined, yielded their rights to the pope Innocent III which them inféoda with the bishop Guillaume III of Autignac (1204-1216) on April 14th, 1215. Consequently the county of Melgueil was with the hands of the bishops of Maguelonne. These bishops had to face the rise of the house of Aragon which had just entered in possession of Montpellier. As from 1293, Philippe IV installed a workshop with Sommières which was transferred to Montpellier in 1356. The episcopal see will be removed in 1536 and it will be established in Montpellier.

The Cathédrale Saint-Pierre of strengthened Romance style is classified Historic building.

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Maguelone
History of the sums of money of Melgueil (Maguelone)

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