Gothic Gargoyles at Saint Gatien's Cathedral (Tours, France)
N 47° 23.722 E 000° 41.652
31T E 326001 N 5251679
Dozens of beautiful classical stone gargoyles you can find on the facade of the jewel of Gothic architecture - Saint Gatien's Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Gatien) in town Tours...
Waymark Code: WM9DKK
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 08/06/2010
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Dozens of beautiful classical stone gargoyles you can find on the facade of the jewel of Gothic architecture - Saint Gatien's Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Gatien) in town Tours.
Saint Gatien's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Tours diocese and the metropolitan cathedral of the Tours ecclesiastic province, in Indre-et-Loire, France. Saint-Gatien's Cathedral was built between 1170 and 1547. At the time construction began, it was located at the south end of the bridge over the Loire, on the road from Paris to the south-west of France. It has been a classified Monument historique since 1862.