Saint-Dié Cathedral, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France

Saint-Dié Cathedral, formerly a collegiate church, is dedicated to Saint Deodatus of Nevers. Since 1777 it has been the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Dié.

The cathedral, like most of the town, is built largely of the local red sandstone. It has a Romanesque nave (12th century) and a Gothic choir; the portal of red stone dates from the 18th century. A fine cloister (13th century), containing a stone pulpit, communicates with the Petite-Église or Notre-Dame de Galilée, a well-preserved specimen of Romanesque architecture (12th century).

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Ovide777 (2 years ago)
Very beautiful and when we got there we could enter the Cathedral. Go there if you are in the neighborhood.

marc doughty (3 years ago)
Beautiful cathedral

Bogdan Bumbea (4 years ago)
Nice big Cathedral.

Paolo Landrini (5 years ago)
Beautiful location; Mass was very old style. No wonder we were the young crowd.

Mary Jack (6 years ago)
very special and out of the gothic cathedral

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