Verdun Cathedral , Notre Dame de Verdun ( fr. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Verdun ) - a cathedral in the city of Verdun .
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The cathedral is the department of Bishop Verdun , a member of the Metropolitan Besancon .
History
The history of the diocese has been going on since the 4th century , but the cathedral itself was built later.
The first stone in the construction was laid in the 990s , but the construction took several centuries . Initially, the building was built in the Romanesque style with a nave , two transepts , opposite apses and a pair of towers - bell towers . Later, gothic elements appeared in the building. Pope Eugene III in 1147 consecrated the cathedral. Around this time, the cloister was built. In the XIV-XV centuries elements were introduced in the style of proto - Renaissance and early Renaissance . The cathedral was one of the three main cathedrals of the Three Bishoprics .
On April 2, 1755, lightning damaged the towers and the roof . A few years after the renovation, the cathedral acquired neoclassical features. Spiers were not restored.
In 1793, the cathedral was looted. [3]
During the First World War, the cathedral was damaged, they decided to restore it mainly in the Romanesque style with elements of pseudo-Gothic . However, inside the cathedral there is a Rococo canopy .
In 1990, Notre Dame de Verdun celebrated the millennium of the cathedral. [four]
Since 1906, the cathedral is a historical monument . [five]
Links
- (Fr.) Cathedral site
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 base Mérimée - ministère de la Culture , 1978.
- ↑ 1 2 archINFORM - 1994.
- ↑ Verdun Cathedral
- ↑ Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain & Mérel-Brandenburg, Anne-Bénédicte Histoire de l'architecture française (Tome 1), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengès, Paris (France), ISBN 2856203671 , 1995
- ↑ Lorraine; Meuse Verdun. Cathédrale Notre-Dame