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Saint-Just-and-Saint-Pasteur Cathedral in Gothic style, with a single choir and vaulted ceilings over 40 meters high.
This 13th-14th-century cathedral is Narbonne's most prestigious monument, and a major example of the Gothic style in southern France. Its construction was ordered in 1268 by Pope Clement IV, former archbishop of Narbonne and advisor to Saint-Louis. It was dedicated to the young Spanish martyrs Just and Pasteur. Its choir, the5th highest in France, reaches over 41 m under keystone, and the 14th-century Gothic altarpiece in the axial chapel is a masterpiece of European Gothic sculpture. Together with the Palais-Musée des Archevêques, the cathedral forms a unique ensemble. It connects with the present-day city center, an essential part of life in Narbonne, where you can admire the 12th-century Palais-Vieux building, the 13th-century donjon de la Madeleine, linked by an arch spanning the Passage de l'Ancre, and the early 14th-century Tour Saint-Martial. At the top of the south tower stands the "Bourdon", a voluminous bell weighing 5 tons. It was the only piece to escape melting during the revolutionary days of 1793. At around 4pm, Saint-Just's drone chimes its low notes over the roofs in memory of the plague epidemic that devastated the town in 1652. Despite various attempts, the nave of this cathedral was never completed, and was supposed to extend for another hundred meters. Take a stroll through the cloister galleries, and discover the mysterious acoustics of the Treasure Room.
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Le sanctuaire narbonnais jamais achevé , figure néanmoins dans le ' TOP five" des sublimes cathédrales françaises, tant par sa hauteur que par son volume, avec : Notre-Dame de Paris et les cathédrales d'Amiens, Reims et Metz.
Visite obligatoire, à compléter par celle du Trésor.