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Notre-Dame D'Arras
Arras Cathedral (French language, French: ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras'') is the Catholic Church architecture, church in the city of Arras, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Arras. History When the diocese of Arras was renewed in 1094 with Lambert of Arras, Lambert of Guines as its first bishop, the church of Notre-Dame-en-Cité became its first cathedral. The building, constructed between 1030 and 1396, was one of the most beautiful Gothic architecture, Gothic structures in northern France. The cathedral was the resting place of Louis, Count of Vermandois, Louis de Bourbon, ''Légitimé de France'', a legitimated son of Louis XIV and Louise de La Vallière. During the French Revolution, the building was sold on 1 January 1799 to speculators and stripped of valuable fabrics. Three years later, the shell was demolished. Abbey Church of Saint-Vaast The church of the former St. Vaast's Abbey was rebuilt beginning in 1750 in Neoclassical architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arras
Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a Baroque town square, Arras is in northern France at the confluence of the rivers Scarpe and Crinchon. The Arras plain is on a large chalk plateau bordered on the north by the Marqueffles fault, on the southwest by the Artois and Ternois hills, and on the south by the slopes of Beaufort-Blavincourt. On the east it is connected to the Scarpe valley. Saint Vedast (or St. Vaast) was the first Catholic bishop in the year 499 and tried to eliminate paganism among the Franks. By 843, Arras was seat of the County of Artois which became part of the Royal domain in 1191. The first mention of the name ''Arras'' appeared in the 12th century. Some hypothesize it is a contraction of '' Atrebates'', a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain that u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
