Hotel la Galiote with church

Fountain in town centre

Town centre, pedestrian area

Town centre, pedestrian area

Amphitrite at the river

Agde is a commune of the Hérault département, in southern France. Population (1999): 20,303. Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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Location

Agde is located on the river Hérault, 4 km from the Mediterranean Sea, and 750 km from Paris. Agde is the Mediterranean port of the Canal du Midi, which connects to the Hérault at the lock ("L'Écluse Ronde d'Agde") just above Agde and debouches into the Mediterranean at Le Grau d'Agde. The Hérault is a river of southern France. ... km redirects here. ... Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ... km redirects here. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ... The Canal du Midi or Canal des Deux Mers (Occitan: Canal de las Doas Mars / Canal del Miègjorn) is a 240 km long canal in the south (le Midi) of France. ... Category: ...

History

Agde (Agathe Tyche, "good fortune"; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a 5th century BCE Greek colony of Phocaeans of Massilia. The symbol of the city, the bronze Ephebe of Agde, of the 4th century BCE, recovered from the sands of the Hérault, was joined in December 2001 by two Early Imperial Roman Bronzes, of a child and of Eros, doubtless on their way to a villa in Gallia Narbonensis when they were lost in a shipwreck. In 506 CE the Council of Agde was held at Agde. Tyche on the reverse of this coin by Gordian III. In Greek mythology, Tyche (Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. ... This is a list of traditional Greek place names. ... Satellite photo showing location of the ancient cities of Phocaea, Cyme and Smyrna Phocaea (modern-day Foça in Turkey) was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... Eros. ... A villa was originally an upper-class country house, though since its origins in Roman times the idea and function of a villa has evolved considerably. ... Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis, 120 AD Gallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. ... Events Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo. ... In the history of Roman Catholicism in France, the Council of Agde was held 10 September 506 at Agatha or Agde in Languedoc, under the presidency of Caesarius of Arles. ...

Architecture

Agde is known for the distinctive black basalt used in the local architecture, for example the Cathédrale Saint-Etienne built in the 12th century on the foundations of a 5th century Roman church. Basalt Basalt (IPA: ) is a common gray to black extrusive volcanic rock. ... Interior of the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne dAgde The Cathedral of Agde (French: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne dAgde), located in Agde in the Hérault département of France was constructed in the 12th century on the foundations of a 5th century Roman church. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 - 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... It has been suggested that Ecclesia (Church) be merged into this article or section. ...

See also

• Cap d'Agde, the seaside resort of Agde

Cap dAgde is the seaside resort of Agde, France, at the north-west of the Mediterranean sea in the département of Hérault in the région of Languedoc-Roussillon. ...

External links

• [1] The association's information website
• Agde (official site) (in French)
• Agde has one of the biggest naturist centre of europe
• Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Agatha (Agde) Hérault, France"
• Recent undersea find of bronzes

River Hérault panorama