Guided tour of a cathedral with the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs

Name: Visite guidée d'une cathédrale avec la Direction régionale des affaires culturelles
Start: 2023-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T12:30:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne

The person in charge of the protection of the Historical Monuments of the DRAC Grand Est makes you discover this jewel of the religious heritage of Châlons, via a guided tour.

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passat

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animation.patrimoine@chalonsenchampagne.fr

The person in charge of the protection of the historical monuments of the DRAC Grand Est makes you discover this jewel of the Châlon religious heritage, via a guided tour.
For security reasons, each group must not exceed 18 people. It is therefore necessary to register with the Ville d'art et d'histoire de Châlons-en-Champagne service by indicating the desired time slot.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

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Tout public

À propos du lieu

Cathédrale Saint-Étienne

Rue Vialard, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne

Marne
Grand Est

The Saint-Etienne Cathedral offers the visitor the testimony of an architectural evolution over 5 centuries, between the 12th and 17th centuries more precisely. Begun in Romanesque style, construction continued in Gothic and then Baroque style. In 700 years, expansions, modifications and reconstructions have marked its history.
In the 1200’s, the cathedral stood in the heart of the canonical district, which occupied a quarter of the ancient Gallo-Roman city. A real city in the city with a bishopric, churches, canonical houses, a library, a school, a prison, a hospital… today disappeared. From the first Romanesque construction of the twelfth century only the crypt and the base of the north tower of the transept remain. Following a fire in 1138, the north transept was rebuilt. In the years that followed, the nave was rebuilt in Gothic style and the south arm of the transept was completed in 1215.
In 1230, a new fire ravaged the cathedral which had to be rebuilt in large part. A new bedsi

Etiquetas

Édifice religieux, Monument historique

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