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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free entry except during religious ceremonies
September 2022
Saturday 17
09:30 - 18:00
Sunday 18
09:30 - 18:00

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Nazareth et son cloître

Avenue Jules Ferry, 84110 Vaison-la-Romaine
  • Vaucluse
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Notre-Dame de Nazareth Cathedral and Cloister - Open Tour

Free visit of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Nazareth and its cloister
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free entry except during religious ceremonies
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The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nazareth, the mother church of the diocese of Vaison (about forty parishes in the Papal State and the Dauphiné), was in the centre of a medieval city that has since disappeared. The bishop resided in the nearby episcopal palace and the canons in the cloister and its adjoining buildings. Built in the eleventh century on the site of Paleo-Christian buildings, according to a basilical plan, then redesigned in the following century, its architecture is a very good example of Provençal Romanesque art. One of its characteristics is the presence of ancient vestiges reused during its construction. Adjacent to the cathedral, the cloister has four galleries surrounding the garden, with small arcades grouped by three under discharge arches. The columns are topped with water-leaf capitals for the most part, but some are figurative. The rooms reserved for canons (refectory, dormitory, chapter hall, etc.), served by the cloister gallery, have now disappeared. The cathedral thus transformed consists of a central nave of three bays, flanked by two collaterals without transept. The tripartite chevet includes a rectangular central apse on the outside and semi-circular on the inside. The nave is vaulted in broken barrel on double. The collateral have creeping vaults. The shady surroundings and the tranquility of the cloister make it a pleasant place to visit.

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Nazareth et son cloître
Avenue Jules Ferry, 84110 Vaison-la-Romaine
  • Vaucluse
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nazareth and its Cloister
From the ancient city to the medieval city, a few centuries have passed. The urban organization was then partly superimposed on the Gallo-Roman vestiges, often reused for the construction of new buildings as seen in the foundations of the cathedral. With the expansion of Christianity, the city was first established around its religious monument, on the right bank of the Ouvèze. Photo: East Gallery of the Cloister ref 8-03 Communication Service City of Vaison-la-Romaine
Tags
Édifice religieux, Monument historique
Access
A7 motorway from Valence, exit Bollène (Vaison 35 kms), A7 motorway from Aix-en-Provence, exit Orange Sud (Vaison 30 kms), A9 motorway from Nîmes, exit Orange Centre (Vaison 25 kms)
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