General Information
| Status: | in ruins |
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Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Cathedral |
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| Material: |
Masonry structure |
Awards and Distinctions
| 1862 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Alet-les-Bains, Aude (11), Occitanie, France |
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| Coordinates: | 42° 59' 44.97" N 2° 15' 17.93" E |
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Alet Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Alet) was a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Alet-les-Bains in Languedoc, France. The cathedral is in the Gothic architectural tradition.
Cathedral of Our Lady
The Diocese of Alet was one of several bishoprics created in 1317 in the wake of the suppression of the Cathars. In Alet the bishops were also the abbots of the already existing monastery there and the cathedral of Our Lady was built next to the abbey.
In 1577 it was largely destroyed by the Huguenots during the Wars of Religion and was not subsequently rebuilt. The immense Gothic quire was demolished by order of the last bishop, Charles de la Cropte de Chancerac in 1776. The diocese of Alet was not restored after the French Revolution and by the Concordat of 1801 its parishes were added to the Diocese of Carcassonne.
The cathedral's stone ruins remain a spectacular sight.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Alet Cathedral" and modified on December 7, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1996): Le guide du Patrimoine: Languedoc, Roussilon. Ministère de la Culture, Hachette, Paris (France), ISBN 9782012423336, pp. 125-128.
- (1985): Languedoc roman. Editions Zodiaque, Saint-Léger-Vauban (France), pp. 155-180.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20038927 - Published on:
10/08/2008 - Last updated on:
23/04/2017
