an ancient, large, and flourishing town of France, in Languedoc, with a bishop's see, and an academy. There are several monuments of antiquity, of which the amphitheatre is the principal, built by the Romans. The maison quarrée, or the square-house, is a piece of architecture of the Corinthian order, and one of the finest in the world. The temple of Diana is in part gone to ruin. It was taken by the English in 1417. The inhabitants were all Calvinists; but Lewis XIV. demolished their church in 1685, and built a cattle to keep them in awe. It is seated in a delightful plain, abounding in wine, oil, game, and cattle. E. Long. 4° 26'. N. Lat. 43° 50'.