Visits must be booked in advance by calling 03 85 93 15 98 (places are limited).
It is advisable to collect your ticket from the Heritage Centre.
It is advisable to collect your ticket from the Heritage Centre.
Saint-Vincent Cathedral, a monument in the heart of the city.
The town of Chalon-sur-Saône is one of the few in France to still have a complete "cathedral group", consisting of the episcopal palace, the canons' houses, the church and the cloister. This opens onto a square that has been free of any construction since the 17th century, lined with stone and timber-framed houses built between the 15th and 18th centuries, where the terraces unfurl as soon as the first rays of sunshine appear...
Built between the 9th and 16th centuries, with a new, neo-Gothic façade added in the 19th century, Saint-Vincent's cathedral is partly Romanesque (the large arcades in the choir and nave, and the transept), and partly Gothic. However, the two styles meet harmoniously, and the rich furnishings bear witness to later periods (from the 16th to the 20th century): stained glass in grisaille and silver yellow and tapestry from the Renaissance, altarpiece and copy of Christ the Redeemer from the 17th century, altar from the 19th century, stained glass windows from the 20th century...
Visits must be booked in advance by calling 03 85 93 15 98 (places are limited).
It is advisable to collect your ticket from the Heritage Centre.
The town of Chalon-sur-Saône is one of the few in France to still have a complete "cathedral group", consisting of the episcopal palace, the canons' houses, the church and the cloister. This opens onto a square that has been free of any construction since the 17th century, lined with stone and timber-framed houses built between the 15th and 18th centuries, where the terraces unfurl as soon as the first rays of sunshine appear...
Built between the 9th and 16th centuries, with a new, neo-Gothic façade added in the 19th century, Saint-Vincent's cathedral is partly Romanesque (the large arcades in the choir and nave, and the transept), and partly Gothic. However, the two styles meet harmoniously, and the rich furnishings bear witness to later periods (from the 16th to the 20th century): stained glass in grisaille and silver yellow and tapestry from the Renaissance, altarpiece and copy of Christ the Redeemer from the 17th century, altar from the 19th century, stained glass windows from the 20th century...
Visits must be booked in advance by calling 03 85 93 15 98 (places are limited).
It is advisable to collect your ticket from the Heritage Centre.
