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Departure | CAHORS (46) |
Details | Located on a peninsula formed by a loop of the Batch, surrounded by hills, the Town of Cahors appears at the 1st century A.C. and had the name of Divona Cadurcorum. |
The anthic town
This name evokes the old the city-sanctuary established around the crowned source of Divona, current Fontaine of the Carthusian monks. "the Arc of Diane", vestige of the old Gallo-Roman thermal baths and the foundations of the theatre (under the current Room of Agriculture) are the only elements which reached us. The period of the great cruel invasions (Ve in VIIIe S) modifies the aspect of Cahors. Under the episcopate of Saint Didier (636 to 655), considered as the large reconstructor of Cahors, the town was equipped with a powerful wall folding up the town on the slope east of the peninsula around the Cathedral where the medieval town will be developped .
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The medieval town
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Saint-Etienne cathedral
The Cathedral results from various times of construction campaigns from the 11th to the 17th century, whose restorations were at during the 19th. accentuated the disparity. The nave (1120) belongs to the Romance building started in 1112. It is made up of two square spans glazes by two cupolas on pendentive of 16 Mr. of scale. The Northern gate (1150) is connected with the great Romance sets of Moissac, Beaulieu, Souillac, the apse started in XIIe S., was rebuilt between 1285 and 1293. The Northern gate
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The wall and bridge valentre
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Gambetta street and the modern town
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Cloître and chapelle st-gausbert
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Discovering cruse
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