September 2026

Saturday 19
- 11:00 - 12:30
- 14:30 - 16:00

Cathédrale Saint-Pierre

2 place Saint-Pierre, 17100 Saintes, France

Charente-Maritime

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Guided tour: "Heritage under the microscope"

Name: Guided tour: "Heritage under the microscope"
Start: 2026-09-19T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-19T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre

→ Visit: "Heritage under the microscope" — 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Saturday 19 September, 11:00, 14:30

Conditions

Free. Reservation recommended. Limited gauge.

©MédiaCtions

→ Visit: "Heritage under the microscope" — 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Go on a visit to the heart of the historic center, discovering successful restorations, emblematic transfers of use and heritage in danger.
Duration: 1h30
This action is proposed by the G.C.A. Collegiale and the association MédiaCtions.
Recommended booking only by text: 06 82 50 86 46 / 07 86 85 96 15

September 2026

Saturday 19
- 11:00 - 12:30
- 14:30 - 16:00

Additionnal information

Manifestation

Journées Européennes du Patrimoine

About the location

Cathédrale Saint-Pierre

2 place Saint-Pierre, 17100 Saintes, France

Charente-Maritime

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

According to tradition, St. Peter’s Cathedral was erected on the site of an old Christian building of the 6th century, the work of Bishop saint Pallais. The current building is the result of numerous construction and restoration campaigns that span from the 12th to the 18th centuries. It is largely rebuilt from the mid-15th century and very few ancient elements are preserved. Its buttresses with pinnacles, its buttoned arches and its imposing bell tower-porch high of 72m give it, from the outside, a quite Gothic look. The bell tower that houses the entrance to the cathedral has a large carved portal. The nave is covered with a framework on the central vessel while the aisles are arched with warheads. The nave is widened by the presence of eight side chapels. The slightly protruding transept, retains in the south arm a dome on pendants of the twelfth century and opens on a long bedside with ambulatory and nine radiant chapels. Only three of them escaped destruction, including the Axe chapel, decorated in Renaissance style. Finally, the cloister which still has two galleries of the thirteenth century and the conventual buildings adjoined in the southern part complete this heterogeneous episcopal ensemble.

Conditions

September 2026

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Conditions

Besuch: "Die Kulturgüter unter der Lupe" - 11 und 14:30 Uhr

Guided tour: "Heritage under the microscope"

Conditions

→ Visit: "Heritage under the microscope" — 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Visita commentata: "I patrimoni sotto la lente d'ingrandimento"

Conditions

Visita: "I patrimoni sotto la lente d'ingrandimento" - 11 e 14:30

Visite commentée : « Les patrimoines à la loupe »

Conditions

→ Visite : « Les patrimoines à la loupe » — 11h et 14h30

Visita comentada: «Los patrimonios bajo la lupa»

Conditions

Visita: «Los patrimonios bajo la lupa» - 11h y 14h30

September 2026