Montpellier Cathedral: Overall view, west facade

In 1367 Pope Urban V (reigned 1362-1370) founded a Benedictine monastery (Saint-Beno\u00EEt), the abbey church of which is now the cathedral (the choir and one of the four towers were rebuilt in the 19th century in the Gothic Revival style). It is the seat of the Archbishops, previously Bishops, of Montpellier. The building was elevated to the status of cathedral in 1536, when the see of Maguelonne was transferred to Montpellier. It suffered extensive damage during the Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants in the 16th century, and was subsequently rebuilt in the 17th.