Uzès

Uzès stands on a limestone height above the valleys of the Alzon and Eure. A bishop's city and the seat of a great lordship, it became an important centre of the Reformation in Languedoc. In 1546 Bishop Jean de Saint-Gelais openly embraced Protestantism, drawing many clergy and townspeople with him. A Protestant church was built in 1567, and Uzès became a Huguenot stronghold during the Wars of Religion.