Montauban Cathedral
The Cathedral of Montauban , consecrated to the Assumption of Mary (Notre Dame de l'Assomption) , is the Roman Catholic cathedral church of the diocese of Montauban in southern France . The building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1906 .
location
The south-east facing cathedral stands on the highest point ( 102 m ) of the old town of Montauban ; it is located approx. 500 m east of the river Tarn .
history
The diocese of Montauban was founded in 1317 by Pope John XXII, who lived in Avignon . created. After the city, which had been largely Protestant during the Huguenot Wars , became Catholic again in 1629, King Louis XIV commissioned the construction of the new cathedral in 1692. However, only 15 years after the foundation stone was laid , six pillars of the nave collapsed. So the consecration of the church could not take place until November 1st, 1739. The original architect was François d'Orbay († 1697); he was followed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart († 1708) and Robert de Cotte († 1735).
architecture
The cathedral, which is made of bricks , but has a completely natural stone view both inside and out, is atypical for an area in which bricks have dominated for centuries - including the outside view.
The most striking component is the classicist two - tower facade , which includes a central gable field , in front of which there are life-size statues of the four evangelists . The portal zone, framed by four columns, protrudes slightly from the building line and thus forms a kind of portico . The interior of the church has only one nave with side chapels , a transept and an unexposed crossing dome . The nave and choir are vaulted with groin vaults - perhaps as a deliberate reference to the architecture of the pre-Reformation period .
Furnishing
There are numerous paintings and sculptures in the side chapels; the most important painting is that of the oath of Louis XIII. by the painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), born in Montauban , in which King Maria (a partial copy of the Sistine Madonna by Raphael ) asked for an heir to the throne . A list of the listed equipment can be found in note 1.
The organ was built in 1672 and modified over time. The instrument has 37 registers (55 rows of pipes) on four manual works and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
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The choir organ was built in 1875 by Vincent Cavaillé-Coll. The instrument has 20 stops on two manual works and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
See also
literature
- Abbé Chalumeau: La cathédrale de Montauban. In: Bulletin archéologique historique et artistique de la Société archéologique de Tarn-et-Garonne 1943, pp. 21–39
Individual evidence
Web links
Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′ 55.5 ″ N , 1 ° 21 ′ 19 ″ E