Narbonne - Cathedral of St Just

 
In Narbonne, on the north side of the Town Hall is the imposing Cathedral of St-Just, with a magnificent choir (at 41 m/135ft one of the highest and largest in France) built between 1272 and 1332 in a bold North French Gothic style; the rest of the building remained unfinished. It has beautiful stained glass (14th C.) and a rich treasury (tapestries, goldsmith's work).

In the southwest of the town is the Early Gothic church of St-Paul-Serge (12th-13th C.), with a fine choir and furnishings.

Must-see attractions nearby:
In the Crypte Archéologique are the excavated remains of an Early Christian necropolis (fourth C.). A little way east is the Maison des Trois Nourrices (House of the Three Nurses), a 16th C. house in Renaissance style in which Cinq-Mars, one of the conspirators in a plot against Richelieu, was arrested. Farther east is the old Eglise de Lamourgier (13th- 14th C.), with a battlemented choir. It now contains a Musée Lapidaire with ancient and medieval remains.

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Cloister of the Cathedral in Narbonne.Cloister of the Cathedral in Narbonne.
Corridor of the cloister of Narbonne Cathedral.Corridor of the cloister of Narbonne Cathedral.
Interior of the Cathedral in Narbonne.Interior of the Cathedral in Narbonne.
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