Winegrowers’ Revolt Mural

The fresco of the Winegrowers' Revolt, in Béziers

The fresco of the Winegrowers' Revolt is one of the strongest murals of Béziers, made in trompe-l'œil. The Béziers audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this work that tells a significant episode of the wine-growing history of the region.

The mural of the revolt of 1907

Here is one of the strongest frescoes of Béziers: The Winegrowers' Revolt, made in 2016 by a workshop specialised in trompe-l'œil. This great mural, which adorns a façade of the town, tells a major and painful episode of the history of Languedoc: the great revolt of the winegrowers of 1907. At that time, the winegrowers of the Midi, struck head-on by a terrible wine crisis, due to overproduction, the fall of prices and the frauds on wine, were reduced to misery. They rose up en masse, in a protest movement of considerable extent, which gathered hundreds of thousands of people and made Béziers and the Biterrois one of the epicentres of the protest. The fresco pays tribute to the memory of these winegrowers and to this essential page of the social history of the region, a land of vines par excellence.

What to see

You admire the great trompe-l'œil mural made in 2016, which adorns a façade and tells the great revolt of the winegrowers of 1907, when the winegrowers of the Midi, ruined by the wine crisis, rose up en masse, making Béziers one of the epicentres of the protest. The fresco of the Winegrowers' Revolt is a strong work of Béziers. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The fresco of the Winegrowers' Revolt adorns a façade in the heart of Béziers, reachable on foot. It is an open-air work, freely visible from the street. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

What does the fresco of the Winegrowers' Revolt tell in Béziers?

The great revolt of the winegrowers of 1907, when the winegrowers of the Midi, ruined by the wine crisis, the fall of prices and the frauds, rose up en masse, making Béziers and the Biterrois one of the epicentres of this historic protest.

Where is the fresco of the Winegrowers' Revolt?

On a façade in the heart of Béziers, in France.