Rieux Cathedral

Rieux Cathedral

Rieux Cathedral ("Cathédrale de la Nativité-de-Marie de Rieux") is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Rieux-Volvestre.

It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Rieux, founded in 1317 and suppressed by the Concordat of 1801.

External links

* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Rieux-Volvestre Location of the cathedral]


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