The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in Savoy was built from the sixth century. It was rebuilt in a Romanesque style in the XI after the invasions and then rebuilt in the fifteenth and finally completed in 1771 by adding a neoclassical porch to house the tombs of three first princes of the House of Savoy.
Seat of the diocese of Maurienne to its attachment to the diocese of Chambéry in 1966, the cathedral retains some elements carved with the original building.
Historic Monument since 1906, it has a crypt Romanesque rediscovered in 1958 and magnificent walnut wooden stalls of the fifteenth century which are visible representations of the apostles. The arches and Gothic choir are also the fifteenth, as the ornate cloister of roses in summer. It is adjacent to the building, and once allowed to reach the refectory of the canons. This is from the cloister that is now accesses the crypt.
A note finally singular bell tower, made of an old tower whose Gothic spire was taken down to the Revolution.
Open every day. Free or guided visit. Information +33 4 79 83 51 51.
