Nantes Cathedral
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cathedral located in Loire-Atlantique, in France
Key facts
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic Church
- Province
- Diocese of Nantes
- Rite
- Roman
- Ecclesiastical or organizational status
- Cathedral
- Status
- Completed
- Location
- Nantes , France
- Type
- Church
- Style
- Gothic (Late Gothic Flamboyant ), Romanesque
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Saint Peter
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Nantes
- Dedicated to
- Saint Peter
- Official website
- www.cathedrale-nantes.cef.fr
- Image
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Nantes - façade.jpg
- Height
- 63
- Patron saint
- Paul the Apostle
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- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- Commons category
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Nantes
- commemorates
- Paul the Apostle
- inception
- 1434-00-00
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
- Commons gallery
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Nantes
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Encyclopedic overview
Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes), is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral located in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Construction began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish in 1891. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nantes Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.