Tarbes Cathedral
The Cathedral of Tarbes , consecrated to Our Lady of Mary ( Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède - “Our Lady of the Bishopric”) is the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southern France in the foothills of the Pyrenees . Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1906 .
location
The easted cathedral is located on the western edge of the medieval city a good 1 km west of the Adour River at an altitude of approx. 300 m .
history
Since the diocese of Tarbes has been mentioned since the 4th century, previous buildings are likely, but have not yet been proven. The current church was built in the 12th century, but it was fundamentally renovated in the 14th century and again extended by a yoke to the west in the 18th century - the baroque-classicist and almost castle-like facade dates from this time.
architecture
The oldest parts of the church structure are the Romanesque apses in the choir area , built in layers of broken stone and bricks (brique et pierre) . The attached in the 14th century, each single- cross (transept) and nave (nef) with a lantern tower over the crossing . Today's entrance is mostly in the north transept and has a rather inconsistent facade with a high Gothic wheel window with a central twelve-pass . The interior of the church looks rather simple and is only approx. 12 m high up to the top of the vault; even the somewhat higher lantern tower only reaches 16 m interior height.
Furnishing
A list of the listed equipment can be found in note 1.
See also
literature
- Nelly Pousthomis-Dalle: Les restaurations de la cathédrale de Tarbes aux XIXe et XXe siècles. In: Mémoires de la Société archéologique du Midi de la France: Volume LVII, 1997
Web links
- Tarbes Cathedral (structurae)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 43 ° 14 ′ 1.8 ″ N , 0 ° 4 ′ 8 ″ E