Cathédrale Saint-Gatien / Saint Gatien's Cathedral (Tours, France)
N 47° 23.741 E 000° 41.690
31T E 326049 N 5251712
The beautiful set of the medieval stained glass windows in Saint Gatien's Cathedral in Tours belongs among the most valuable French stained glass ensembles...
Waymark Code: WME5PF
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 04/07/2012
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The beautiful set of the medieval stained glass windows in Saint Gatien's Cathedral in Tours belongs among the most valuable French stained glass ensembles. These Gothic stained glass windows originate from the 13-15th century.
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.