Bordeaux Cathedral

Bordeaux Cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-André
Bordeaux Cathedral; Cathédrale Saint-André
	The north front of the cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
District	Archdiocese of Bordeaux
Rite	Roman
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Location
Location	Bordeaux, France
Geographic coordinates	44°50′16″N 0°34′39″W / 44.83778°N 0.57750°W
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Gothic, Romanesque

The Cathedral of Saint Andrew of Bordeaux (French: Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux), commonly known as Bordeaux Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Andrew and located in Bordeaux, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bordeaux.

History and description

The cathedral was consecrated by Pope Urban II in 1096. Of the original Romanesque edifice, only a wall in the nave remains. The Royal Gate is from the early 13th century, while the rest of the construction is mostly from the 14th-15th centuries. The building is a national monument of France.

In this church in 1137 the 13-year-old Eleanor of Aquitaine married the future Louis VII, a few months before she became Queen.

A separate bell tower, the Tour Pey-Berland, stands next to the cathedral.

The site is served by line A and line B of the tramway de Bordeaux at Station Hôtel de Ville.

Marcadé collection

The cathedral is home to the Marcadé collection, which consists of a group of forty-two illuminations, among other objects (paintings, sculptures, liturgical vestments and silver objects). It was given to Bordeaux Cathedral by Canon Marcadé in 1947. Of note, these illuminations, little studied so far, will be exhibited starting in 2015 in the cathedral, in a room specially designed for this collection. ^[1]