Nevers Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Nevers) is a
Roman Catholic church located in the town of
Nevers,
Nièvre,
France, and dedicated to Saints
Cyricus and Julitta. The cathedral is the seat of the
Bishop of Nevers. It is a
national monument
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.
The present cathedral is a combination of two buildings, and possesses two
apses. The apse and
transept at the west end are the remains of a
Romanesque church, while the nave and eastern apse are in the
Gothic
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*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
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style and belong to the 14th century. There is no transept at the eastern end. The lateral portal on the south side belongs to the late 15th century; the massive and elaborately decorated tower which rises beside it to the early 16th century. It has been destroyed twice before, but it later was rebuilt twice.
Burials
*
Yolande II, Countess of Nevers
Yolande II or Yolande of Nevers (), (December 1247 – 2 June 1280) was ruling Countess of Nevers between 1262 and 1280.
Life
She was the daughter of Odo of Burgundy, and Matilda II, Countess of Nevers.Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer, ''Women Rul ...
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Henriette of Cleves
See also
*
List of Gothic Cathedrals in Europe
References
External links
Location of the cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedrals in France
Churches in Nièvre
Basilica churches in France
Burial sites of the House of Dampierre
Nevers
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