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This is a list of cathedrals in France and in the French overseas departments, territories and collectivities, including both actual and former diocesan cathedrals (seats of bishops). Almost all cathedrals in France are Roman Catholic , but any non-Roman Catholic cathedrals are listed here as well.
The church was constructed to the plans of Charles Errard for the convent of the Dames-de-l-Assomption, or the Nouvelles Haudriettes, founded in 1264. The rest of the convent was destroyed in the French Revolution, while the church became a depot for opera and theater decoration. It was returned to the church by Napoleon in 1802, and in 1850 ...
Basilica churches, many of great architectural significance, can be found throughout France. As of 1923 there are 176 [ 1 ] which have been officially designated as minor basilicas by the Catholic Church.
Chartres Cathedral. The 1905 French law on the separation of Church and State removed the privileged status of the state religion (Catholic Church) and of the three other state-recognised religions (Lutheranism, Calvinism, Judaism), but left to them the use without fee, and the maintenance at government expense, of the churches that they used ...
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Paris; Église Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs; Notre-Dame, the cathedral of Paris, named after Our Lady (4th arr't) 4th arrondissement: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris; Église Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux; Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais; Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île; Église Saint-Merri (Paris) Église ...
French Gothic architecture was the result of the emergence in the 12th century of a powerful French state centered in the Île-de-France.During the reign of Louis VI of France (1081–1137), Paris was the principal residence of the Kings of France, Reims the place of coronation, and the Abbey of Saint-Denis became their ceremonial burial place.
Rouen Cathedral (French: Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen) is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen , Primate of Normandy . [ 4 ]
The Sainte-Chapelle (French: [sɛ̃t ʃapɛl]; English: Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.