Uzeste is a common French, located in the department of the the Gironde and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Forest of the Moors of Gascogne intersected with Clearing S dedicated to the bovine breeding of race Bazadaise.

History

Village founded with 12th, according to the tradition by the family De Goth. This famous house occupied high position civil and religious. One of them, Bertrand, became Pape with 14th under the name of Clément V and founded in Uzeste a Collégiale.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

• Gothic Houses in the borough.

• collegiate Church (MH), beautiful Gothic building 13th on walls Romance S (collateral): the bedside 14th is due to Clément V, nave and bell-tower 16th; pretty southern gate, crowning of the Virgin finely carved to the tympanum, traces of polychromies; tombs of Clement V and Pierre 1st of Grailly beginning 14th, crucifix out of polychrome wooden 15th, Virgin with the Child 14th.

Personalities related to the commune

• Pope Clement V.

• Bernard Lubat, musician of Jazz and creator of the festival musical Uzeste

See too

• Common of the Gironde

External bonds

• Hestejada of mow arts of Musical Uzeste
• Uzeste on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Uzeste on the site of INSEE
• Uzeste on the site of Quid
• Localization of Uzeste on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Uzeste on Mapquest