General Information
| Other name(s): | Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Annonciation |
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| Beginning of works: | 1700 |
| Completion: | 1736 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
Location
| Location: |
Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), Grand-Est, France |
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| Coordinates: | 48° 41' 28.14" N 6° 11' 10.07" E |
Technical Information
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Nancy Cathedral (French:Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Annonciation et Saint-Sigisbert; Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation and St. Sigisbert) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Nancy, Lorraine, France. It was erected in the 18th century. The cathedral is in the Baroque architectural style. It is a national monument and the seat of the Bishop of Nancy and Toul.
History
King Sigebert III of Austrasia was laid to rest here. Declared a saint later, the cathedral became a pilgrimage site. The cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Virgin and him.
The cathedral's architecture dates mainly to the 17-18th century.
Organ
The great organ of the cathedral of Nancy has been built from 1756 by Nicolas Dupont. One century later (1861), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll signed here its biggest work in France outside of Paris. The organists of these Monument Historique organ are Johann Vexo (since 2009) and Guillaume Beaudoin (since 2014).
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Nancy Cathedral" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Giovanni Betto (architect)
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architect)
- Germain Boffrand (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1933): Nancy. Cathédrale. Presented at: Congrès archéologique de France, 96ème session, Nancy et Verdun, 1933, pp. 42-51.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20010427 - Published on:
02/10/2003 - Last updated on:
03/12/2023
