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Bourg-en-Bresse Cathedral (Concathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Bourg-en-Bresse) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bourg-en-Bresse, France.

This church was previously the collegiate church of Notre-Dame-du-Bourg, which in 1992 was raised to the status of co-cathedral of the Diocese of Belley-Ars, as the bishop and diocesan administration of Belley, later Belley-Ars, had been resident in Bourg-en-Bresse since 1978.

Artistic holdings of the cathedral include a Pietà in oil by Anne Bricollet, signed and dated 1785.

Details of the Cathedral

  • Virgin and Child Virgin and Child
  • Entrance Entrance
  • Above the entrance Above the entrance
  • Saint Joseph Saint Joseph
  • Main alley Main alley
  • Annunciation Annunciation
  • Painting by Benoît Alhoste Painting by Benoît Alhoste
  • Interior Interior
  • Altar located in the Chapel of the Sacred Heart Altar located in the Chapel of the Sacred Heart

References

  1. Art et archéologie en Rhône Alpes. Association les Amis du Chateau des Allymes et de René de Lucinge. 1988.

Sources

46°12′21″N 5°13′39″E / 46.20583°N 5.22750°E / 46.20583; 5.22750


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