Guided tour of Saint Vincent Cathedral

Name: Guided tour of Saint Vincent Cathedral
Start: 2023-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Saint-Vincent

European Heritage Days 2023

Sunday 17 September 2023, 16:00Passed

Conditions

Free entry

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, Saint Vincent Cathedral will open its doors on Sunday 17 September from 4 pm to 5 pm. Discover this church built under the First Empire by Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Guy de Gisors and dedicated on August 24, 1816 to Saint Vincent - deacon and martyr - as well as to Saint Louis, king of France.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

Patrimoine vivant

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Cathédrale Saint-Vincent

Rue du 8 Mai 1945, 71000 Mâcon

Saône-et-Loire
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Built under the First Empire by Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Guy de Gisors, the new cathedral, in the Greek neoclassical style, was dedicated on August 24, 1816 to Saint Vincent - deacon and martyr - as well as to Saint Louis, king of France. The entire building is classified as a Historic Monument. The two towers and the forecourt were renovated in 2006 by the Town of Mâcon and earned the city the distinction of «heritage ribbons» in 2009\. This monument retains its rich original decoration (19th century). One can notice, among other marvels of art and architecture, a decoration in trompe-l'oeil by Bussière, and Le Christ en croix by Jacques-Louis David (1782) which was exhibited in Paris at the Petit Palais in 2017.