AUCH - Cathedral Sainte-Marie

Reference : FR006

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Size : 10 x 15 cm

"Sainte-Marie cathedral, in the city of Auch, on the routes of Santiago de Compostela"

Location of AUCH in FRANCE :

Auch Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Auch in the Midi-Pyrénées. It is the seat of the Archbishopric of Auch, which under the Concordat of 1801 was suppressed and added to the Diocese of Agen, but restored in 1822.

The cathedral contains a suite of 18 Renaissance stained glass windows by Arnaud de Moles.

As a monument on the way from Arles to Santiago de Compostela,

the Cathedral of AUCH is registered as a UNESCO w.h.s.

UNESCO w.h.s. :
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

Date of inscription : 1998

Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through France, and the group of important historical monuments included in this inscription marks out the four routes by which they did so.