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Cathedral Saint-Michel

Monument in Carcassonne

St. Michael Cathedral Carcassonne, in Aude, is located in one of the neighborhoods of the city, the Bastide Saint-Louis out of the famous "city" walled.

The building was erected from 1247 in this suburb devastated a few years earlier by Raymond II Trencavel.

But Carcassonne dependent kingdom of France, the St. Louis King who ordered to redevelop the area and provide it with a new place of worship.

Enlarged at the end of the thirteenth century, with a Southern Gothic style, the church was equipped with fortifications during the fourteenth after the passage of the Black Prince (son of the King of England) during the Hundred Years War. Symbols of the military and defensive architecture is still visible.

However, it must wait for 1803 the church became the seat of the diocese and the Cathedral and obtain status. The site of the site development work to adapt to his new position is however characterized by a fire in 1849. He resumed soon after led by Leon Ohnet then the famous Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

Today, the cathedral has retained its understated appearance and massive internal and whose centerpiece is the nave of eight bays lined with side chapels. At the chorus pierced windows with stained glass windows of the fourteenth century restored after the fire of 1849, the arches of the thirteenth have been preserved.

Historic Monument in 1886, the cathedral is open to visitors every day.

A stage of interest in a strange neighborhood to discover after the unmissable city and its walls...

Information +33 4 68 25 14 48.

Opening timesMonday: Closed   •   Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM   •   Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM   •   Thursday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM   •   Friday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM   •   Saturday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM   •   Sunday: 10:00 AM – 12:30 AM
Address52 Rue Voltaire, Carcassonne
Telephone+33 4 68 25 14 48
Official sitewww.tourisme-carcassonne.fr

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Church Saint-NazaireCarcassonne
Castle of PennautierPennautier (4.5 km)
Church Saint-PierreCavanac (5.1 km)
Church Saint-ÉtienneTrèbes (7.3 km)
Church Saint-MichelConques-sur-Orbiel (7.6 km)
Castle of BouilhonnacBouilhonnac (7.6 km)
Castle of Malves-en-MinervoisMalves-en-Minervois (8.7 km)
Chapel of La MadeleinePezens (9.8 km)

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