Tour around the organ: «Orgue de Midi», the oldest organ of Nîmes is to be discovered in this cathedral

Name: Recorrido alrededor del órgano: «Órgano de Midi», el órgano más antiguo de Nimes está por descubrir en esta catedral
Start: 2023-09-16T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor

For the European Heritage Days, the Friends of the Cathedral Organ Association invites you to discover the organ of the Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor Cathedral....

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

©Ville de Nîmes -- Valérie Raynaud

For the European Heritage Days, the Friends of the Cathedral Organ Association invites you to discover the organ of the Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor Cathedral.
On Saturday at 12pm: presentation of the organ of the tribune. It is the oldest of Nimes. The original instrument was made in 1652 by the Eustache brothers. The choir organ was made by Puget in 1982.
Presentation of the organ by Michel Reynard «Orgue à Midi» by Bernard Broudet, titular organist of Saint-Baudile.
Sunday at 4pm: Film-organ concert by Adam Bernadac

About the location

Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor

9 rue Saint-Castor, 30000 Nîmes

Gard
Occitanie

Built in the XIth century, the tower of the bell tower is raised(enhanced) of a floor crowned with machicolation in the XVth century. After Michelade of 1567, the cathedral is partly destroyed. Works of reconstruction begin at the end of the XVIIth century with the repair of the facade and end in the XIXth century with that of the inside. On the facade, the frieze telling the Old Testament matters(counts) among the heads - of works of the Romance sculpture in the region. Exceptional opening of the chapels of Evêque, martyrs and of the rosary.