page_title: Lodève
section_title: Sights
hierarchical_section_title: Lodève / Sights
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Chœur de la cathédrale de Lodève (Hérault), France Català: Catedral de Lodeva. Erau, França English: Lodève, cathedral. France
context_page_description: Lodève is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The derivation of the city's name is from Gaulish Luteva, composed of lut-, swamp, mud + suffix -eva. It might therefore translate as the muddy place or the swamp city. This mud could be in fact this sort of clay, called argillite, which was use during ancient history to produce pottery.
context_section_description: Lodève Cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Fulcran de Lodève), parts of which date from the sixth century.
  Museum Fleury (temporary art exhibitions (mainly paintings) and archeology permanent collection).
  Halle Dardé, dedicated to local sculptor Paul Dardé.
  L'Atelier national du tapis de Lodève, the French state carpet-making workshop (visits arranged by Tourist Office, Lodève).
  In the vicinity:
  Cave: Grotte de Labeil.
  Saint-Michel de Grandmont Priory and its dolmen.
  Lerab Ling: Buddhist Temple in traditional Tibetan form.
caption: Stained glass in Lodève cathedral
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