Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Bourg

Notre Dame du Bourg is a good example of French Romanesque architecture.

Notre-Dame-du-Bourg in Digne-les-Bains, is the old cathedral of the Diocese of Digne. It is listed since 1840 as "Monument historical". Built in the 11th and 12th centuries, except the bell tower and a few ornamental details, its foundations, with its Romanesque architecture ,goes back to the ninth century. The building has clean lines and a beautiful pink of Gothic style.

Its white marble altar is from the Merovingian period. Neglected in favor of an other church in Digne-les-Bains called Cathedral Saint-Jérôme, Notre-Dame-du-Bourg nevertheless retained its title of Cathedral. The Archaeological crypt of Notre-Dame-du-Bourg is a major site in Europe. Discovered during a recent excavations, you should come and admire this crypt which exposed hundreds of tombs and relics showing the different eras of the site since the beginning of the Roman era to the creation of the current monument.