Vaison Cathedral
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Vaison Cathedral
(Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth de Vaison) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vaison-la-Romaine
, France
.
It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Vaison, abolished under the Concordat of 1801
.
The structure of Our Lady of Nazareth cathedral in general dates from the 11th century, but the apse
and the apsidal chapels are from the Merovingian period.
Saint-Quenin church is another former cathedral of Vaison.
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
(Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth de Vaison) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vaison-la-Romaine
Vaison-la-Romaine
Vaison-la-Romaine is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Vaison, abolished under the Concordat of 1801
Concordat of 1801
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801. It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status....
.
The structure of Our Lady of Nazareth cathedral in general dates from the 11th century, but the apse
Apse
In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome...
and the apsidal chapels are from the Merovingian period.
Saint-Quenin church is another former cathedral of Vaison.