This church is a fine example of the Languedoc Gothic style with a wide nave (20.25 m) and an imposing vault (23.5 m). The church has a bell tower accessible to the public by a staircase of 232 steps which offers a breathtaking view of the whole city of Carcassonne.
This is a building of elongated plan, preceded by a massive bell tower and very high towers. The building is typical of the Languedoc type.
This cathedral was built in 1247 on the orders of Saint Louis, to replace a sanctuary destroyed 7 years earlier during a siege of the city. A fire in 1849 slowed down the work undertaken to transfer the seat of the bishop.
The construction of the convent and the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Carcassonne was completed in 1297. The church of the Carmelites, in which held many states general of Languedoc, had a significant influence until the Revolution. Destroyed several times, desecrated and rebuilt, it is characteristic of the southern Gothic style. It is composed of a nave of 6 spans, a narrower pentagonal choir and chapels which seem of the 16th century
The Saint-Gimer Church is located in the Barbacane district at the foot of the city. Deified in the 19th century, from 1854 to 1859, by Viollet-Le-Duc in the center of the ancient Barbican of Aude, the Church owes its name to Saint Gimer, Bishop of Carcassonne from 902 to 931 who was known for his charity towards the poor. Its architecture, characterized by the Gothic vision of the famous architect, encloses the furniture from the early church.
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