. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. 3v >. ???If, ^IL Hi. to Toulouse. CAHORS. /. Route 13. 91 (PI. C, 4), near the Pont Louis-Philippe. — At the E. end of theRue Fenelon is the Church of St. Urcisse (PI. C, 3), of the 12-13thcenturies. The Rue Fenelon runs near the market-place, where alsothe Rue de lH6tel-de-Ville debouches. The Cathedral (PI. C, 3), to the right, belongs, like those of P£-rigueux and Angouleme, to the Romanesque-Byzantine period, andhas two domes. It dates from the end of the 11th cent., but hasbeen much altered , the choir and some of the chape
. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. 3v >. ???If, ^IL Hi. to Toulouse. CAHORS. /. Route 13. 91 (PI. C, 4), near the Pont Louis-Philippe. — At the E. end of theRue Fenelon is the Church of St. Urcisse (PI. C, 3), of the 12-13thcenturies. The Rue Fenelon runs near the market-place, where alsothe Rue de lH6tel-de-Ville debouches. The Cathedral (PI. C, 3), to the right, belongs, like those of P£-rigueux and Angouleme, to the Romanesque-Byzantine period, andhas two domes. It dates from the end of the 11th cent., but hasbeen much altered , the choir and some of the chapels having beenin great part rebuilt in the 14-15th centuries. The N. Portal, on theleft, unfortunately much dilapidated, is the most interesting partof the exterior; the tympanum contains fine sculptures. The mostnotable features of the interior, to which we descend by ten steps,are the paintings of the chapel on the right of the choir, and somerestored paintings of the 14th century. On the right or S. side ofthe nave are remains of Gothic Cloisters of the 15th century. The buil
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