Dauphiné Another land of mountains and valleys. It is crossed by numbers of ranges and distinct peaks. The principal subdivisions are Viennois, Royonnais Vercors, Trièves, Dévoluy, Oisons, Graisivaudan, Chartreuse, Queyras Valgodemar, Champsaur. Provence A region of fertile plains dominated by volcanic rocks and mountains. It contains also the great pebbly plain in the extreme southwest known as the Crau Camargue The region of the Rhône delta Languedoc Properly the belt of plains situated between the foot of the Cevennes and the borders of the Mediterranean Rousillon The region between the peaks of the Corbière and the Albère mountain chain. The population was originally pure Catalan Lauragais A stony plateau with red earth deposited in former times by the glaciers of the Pyrenees Albigeois A rolling and fertile country Toulousain A plain well watered by the Garonne and the Ariège Comminges The lofty Pyrenean valleys of the Garonne basin VIII [Illustration: _Sketch map of the bishoprics and archbishoprics of the south of France at the present day_] IX _Dimensions and Chronology_ CATHEDRALE D'AGDE Bishopric founded, Vth century Bishopric suppressed, 1790 Primitive church consecrated, VIIth century Main body of present cathedral, XIth to XIIth centuries ST. CAPRIAS D'AGEN [Illustration] Former cathedral of St. Etienne, destroyed at the Revolution, 1790 Apse and transepts of St. Caprias, XIth century Width of nave, 55 feet ST. JEAN BAPTISTE D'AIRE Cathedral begun, XIIIth century ST. SAVEUR D'AIX [Illustration] Eglise St. Jean de Malte, XIVth century Remains of a former St. Saveur's, XIth century Choir, XIIIth century Choir elaborated, XIVth century South aisle of nave, XIVth century Tower, XIVth century Carved doors, 1503 Episcopal palace, 1512 North aisle of nave, XVIIth century Baptistère, VIth century ST. JEAN D'ALAIS A bishopric only from 1694 to 1790 Remains of a XIIth century church STE. CECILE D'ALBI [Illustration] Begun, 1277 Finished, 1512 South porch, 1380-1400 Tower completed, 1475 Choir-screen, 1475-1512 Wall paintings, XVth to XVIth centuries Organ, XVIIIth century Choir stalls, 120 in number Height of tower, 256 feet Length, 300 (320?) feet Width of nave, 88 feet Height of nave, 98 feet ST. PIERRE D'ALET Primitive cathedral, IXth century (?) Rebuilt, XIth century Eglise St. André, XIVth to XVth centuries ST. PIERRE D'ANGOULEME [Illustration]