Arras, FR

Notre-Dame-des-Ardents Church, Arras

Built in 1976 by the architect Clovis Normand to house the reliquary of the Sainte-Chandelle.

About this building

The Church has a Latin cross plan. It is entered through a porch belfry before entering a nave with three naves and six bays. It has a projecting transept. The choir consists of two bays and has a four-sided chevet. Adjacent to the chevet is the ambulatory with three apses. To the north and south of the apse there are quadrangular buildings, probably sacristies. Elevation on three levels, large arcades, triforium and high windows. The nave and aisles are vaulted with ogives. The choir is surmounted by a radiating vault.

Visitors information

  • Level access to the main areas

Other nearby buildings

Saint-Nicolas d'Arras Church

Built on the Place de la Préfecture, the first stone was laid in 1839. Its architect, Joseph-Auguste Traxler (1796-1856), designed it in the neo-classical style, inspired in particular by the church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule in Paris.

Saint-Vaast Old Abbey, Arras

The huge 18th century abbey church became the new cathedral of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras in 1804. It replaced the old Gothic cathedral Notre-Dame-en-Cité in the west of the city which was destroyed, and since 1825 the vast monastery buildings of the abbey have housed the Arras Fine Arts Museum.

Arras Cathedral

The present cathedral is the former abbey church of the abbey of Saint-Vaast (whose origins date back to the 7th century). In the Middle Ages, Arras was the largest and richest city of Artois. It was built in the 18th century as the abbey church of Saint-Vaast Abbey and became a cathedral in 1848, replacing the old cathedral Notre-Dame-en-Cité d'Arras, the great Gothic cathedral in the west of the old town that had been destroyed during the French Revolution.

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