Perpignan Cathedral

Perpignan Cathedral

Perpignan Cathedral ("Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan") is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Perpignan in Languedoc-Roussillon.

Begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca and reinitiated in the 15th century, the church was at first the seat of the Bishop of Elne, and then, from 1602, of the Bishop of Perpignan.

External links

* [http://www.monum.fr/visitez/decouvrir/fiche.dml?id=152&lang=en Monum.fr entry for Perpignan Cathedral]
* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Perpignan Location]


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