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An edifice dedicated to the Virgin built in the 19th century, in 1856, the construction of which lasted until 1999, and thus spread over several generations of architects.

Built in 1866 and 1904 to replace a medieval cathedral that had fallen into ruin.

The original church, dating back to the 12th century, remains only part of the portal. The nave, rebuilt, was not fully completed until 1689.

The Cathedral of Saint-Benoît or simply the Cathedral of Castres was first built in the 14th century, after the creation of the diocese of Castres in 1317, together with a number of other dioceses created in the region after the suppression of the Albigensians. This first building was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion. The present building was then constructed in the 17th and 18th centuries. The cathedral lost its title with the suppression of the diocese during the French Revolution.

Auxerre Cathedral was mainly built between 1215 and 1233, on top of an 11th-century crypt, but construction continued until the 1540s when the Renaissance-style dome replacing the spire at the top of the completed tower was completed. The most outstanding features of the cathedral are the Gothic choir from the first half of the 13th century, the stained glass windows from the 13th and 14th centuries, the particularly artistic apse chapel and ambulatory, the portals with remarkable statuary, three large rose windows and other windows from the 16th century, the transept facades, the crypt and the medieval frescoes.

Cathedral designed between the 13th and 17th centuries. A fire in the spire in 1668 requires reconstruction, as it destroys the vault by collapsing. Restorations take place in the 19th century.

The cathedral of Saint-Etienne d'Agde is the former fortified cathedral of the bishopric of Agde, which existed from the 5th century until 1790. In 1173, Bishop Guillaume undertook to fortify the building on the foundations of an old Romanesque church from the 5th century, built on the site of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Diana. The cathedral is one of the finest examples of a fortified Romanesque church in the region. St. Stephen's Cathedral is an impressive cathedral because of its black colour due to the volcanic stone, its fortifications and its proportions.

Church started in 1420, it was first a chapel, then a church adjoining the Franciscan convent. It was gradually enlarged. During the Revolution, it was plundered but not destroyed.

The Cathedral of St John the Baptist is a 14th-century building in the Gothic style. It was built between 1324 and 1509, next to an older church dedicated to St. John, St. John the Elder, dating from the 12th-13th centuries, which survives on the north side.

Cathedral built in 1490 following the abandonment of the Cathedral of Notre Dame du Bourg during the Wars of Religion. It then underwent several alterations and remodelling until the 19th century, giving it its current appearance.