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Built between 1610 and 1627, the cathedral’s crenellated bell tower and powerful buttresses reinforce its defensive appearance. Its Gothic architecture is complemented by an astonishing Baroque interior.
Once the cathedral of the bishop of Glandèves (who moved his main residence to Entrevaux in the early 17th century), it was “Cathédrale de Glandèves” from 1624 to 1790.
It houses a wealth of listed furnishings, including
the altar, the altarpiece and the 18th-century painting depicting the Baptism of Christ,
-the altarpiece (1716) and François Mimault’s painting of the Donation of the Rosary (1631),
the 53 17th-century walnut stalls,
-the pulpit, from the end of the century or the beginning of the following century, decorated with bas-reliefs of the four Evangelists,
A series of paintings: the Vow of Louis XIII, dated around 1630, an Assumption by François Mimault, dated 1630, a representation of the Holy Family, from the second half of the 17th century,
an 18th-century silver-plated copper bust-reliquary of Saint John the Baptist, used for processions in June and August.
-The organs date from 1717, and were restored in 1864 and 1948. The instrumental part is by Jean Eustache.
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