Cathédrale Saint Gatien - Tours La Charité d'Amiens (1824) Victor Schnetz Cathedral France French (Catianus - Gratien was the founding bishop of the see of Tours )


The Tours Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours), dedicated to Saint Gatien, its first bishop, was begun about 1170 to replace the just-started cathedral that burned down in 1166 during the quarrel between Louis VII of France and Henry II of England.


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