Embrun Cathedral

Local nameCathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Réal
LocationEmbrun, France

Embrun Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral located in the town of Embrun, Hautes-Alpes, France.

The cathedral is a national monument and was the seat of the former Archbishopric of Embrun, which was divided between the Bishopric of Gap and the Archbishopric of Aix in 1822. On its door were posted in 1489 the thirty-two propositions imputed to the Waldenses, that presaged the campaign to extirpate them as heretics, which resurfaced in the Dauphiné with intense savagery during the Wars of Religion in France: Lesdiguières pillaged Embrun Cathedral in 1585. This saw the destruction of a fresco, probably painted in the 13th century, representing the Madonna, which had been the object of a celebrated pilgrimage for many centuries.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrun_Cathedral

Address 1 Place Auguste Thouard, Embrun 05200, France

Coordinates 44°33'44.434" N 6°29'42.219" E

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