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Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Étienne

Auxerre, Yonne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Cathédrale (ancienne) , actuellement église Saint-Étienne : classement par liste de 1840
Protection dates
1840 : classé MH
Type
cathédrale
Main period of construction
4e quart 11e siècle, 2e quart 13e siècle, 14e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Auxerre
Département
Yonne
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.79785, 3.57284
Mérimée reference
PA00113586

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Gouvernement General de Champagne (southern sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cathédrale de style ogival, édifiée en 1215 sur les vestiges d'un édifice roman détruit par un incendie en 1023 et dont ne subsiste que la crypte du 11e siècle. La construction, demeurée inachevée, s'est étendue sur trois siècles, perturbée par les guerres de Cent ans et de Religion. La chapelle axiale et le déambulatoire du choeur sont ornés de verrières historiées datant du début du 13e siècle. Les verrières des rosaces des transepts nord et sud et de la façade ouest, datent du 16e siècle et ont été réalisées par les artistes locaux.

English translation

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Cathedral of ogival style, built in 1215 on the remains of a Romanesque building destroyed by fire in 1023 of which only the crypt of the 11th century subsists. The construction, which remained incomplete, extended over three centuries, disrupted by the Hundred Years War and Wars of Religion. The axial chapel and the ambulatory of the choir are adorned with narrative stained glass dating from the beginning of the 13th century. The stained glass of the rose windows of the north and south transepts and of the west façade, date from the 16th century and were made by local artists.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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