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Saint Front Cathedral: Overall view, showing bell tower

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The early 12th-century church of St. Front, P\u00E9rigueux is a close copy either of San Marco in Venice or its model the Holy Apostles (destroyed) in Constantinople. Such a connection can only mean that the patrons were embarking on a bid to have Saint Front, a shadowy figure who converted the region in antiquity, raised to a status equivalent to that of the Apostles themselves. This bid was probably inspired because the church was one of the pilgrimage sites on the route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. It is a Greek-cross plan. It is the current cathedral of P\u00E9rigueux. The church was heavily restored and altered by Paul Abadie in the 19th century.

History

Alt Title

Cathédrale Saint-Front de Périgueux

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Périgueux +45.183611+0.722778 Périgueux, Aquitaine, France: Dordogne Department

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Romanesque

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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