General Information
| Other name(s): | Cathédrale Sainte-Marie |
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| Beginning of works: | 1102 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Cathedral |
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Location
| Location: |
Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
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| Coordinates: | 43° 11' 16.08" N 0° 36' 58" W |
Technical Information
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Oloron Cathedral (French:Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Oloron-Sainte-Marie), now St. Mary's Church (French:Eglise Sainte-Marie), is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral located in the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiquesdépartement of France It is in the Romanesque and Gothic architectural traditions.
Construction was started in the 12th century by Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn. It was the seat of the Bishopric of Oloron, suppressed by the Concordat of 1801.
It has been listed as amonument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1939.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Oloron Cathedral" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1992): Aquitaine gothique. Editions Picard, Paris (France), pp. 102-106.
- (1939): Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Eglise sainte-Marie. Presented at: Congrès archéologique de France, 102ème session, Bordeaux et Bayonne, 1939, pp. 421-425.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20026212 - Published on:
17/02/2007 - Last updated on:
16/05/2015
