Lescar Cathedral
Lescar Cathedral (
French Ministry of Culture.[1]
It was formerly the seat of the
Bayonne
.
History and description
The building was begun in 1120 by Bishop
birth of Christ and the Sacrifice of Isaac
.
Royal burials
From the end of the 15th century the cathedral was used as the burial place of the royal family of Navarre.
Jean d'Albret and several of their children, among them Henry II of Navarre and his wife Marguerite de Navarre, grandparents of King Henry IV of France
.
Of the funerary monuments ordered by Henry II, subjected to iconoclastic damage by Protestants and to the collapse of the sanctuary vault in 1599, nothing remains. Archaeological excavations in 1928-1929 were successful however in rediscovering the royal crypt and the remains of its occupants.[2]
Gallery
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View from the north-west -
Side view -
Capital -
12th-century mosaic -
Tomb of the kings of Navarre -
Statue of Saint Galactorius
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References
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00084433, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Eglise de l'Assomption, ancienne cathédrale
- ^ Victor Dubarat, "Découverte des tombeaux des rois de Navarre à Lescar", dans Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France, vol. 17, 1931, pp. 450-463
External links
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