Cathedrals and Collegiates in Languedoc-Roussillon

Gothic Church
30000 Nîmes

Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor Cathedral in Nîmes, a Roman Catholic and Baroque building from the twelfth to the nineteenth century, dominates the Place aux Herbes in the Gard. Episcopal seat, it combines ancient remains and classical transformations.

Fortified Church
34300 Agde

St. Stephen's Cathedral of Agde, a 12th century fortified Romanesque building, is distinguished by its black volcanic stone and its 35-metre dungeon. Located in the Hérault in Occitanie, it was episcopal seat until 1790.

Gothic Church
66000 Perpignan

The cathedral of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan, a 14th century southern Gothic building, dominates the city. Former collegiate cathedral in 1602, it includes an urban religious ensemble including cloister, chapels and episcopal palace, testifying to seven centuries of history in Roussillon.

Gothic Church
11100 Narbonne

The Cathedral of Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne, a southern Gothic masterpiece of the 13th-14th centuries, dominates the city with its 41 m of vaults. Unfinished, it symbolizes the medieval ambition and urban conflicts of Occitanie.

Gothic Church
11000 Carcassonne

Saint-Michel de Carcassonne Cathedral, a 13th century southern Gothic building, stands in the bastide of Saint-Louis. Former parish church became cathedral in 1803, it illustrates medieval religious architecture in Occitanie.

Gothic Church
34500 Béziers

Saint-Nazaire de Béziers Cathedral, a 13th-14th-century Gothic building, has dominated the Orb Plain from a promontory of the Hérault. Ranked in 1840, it blends Roman remains, unfinished cloister and historic organ in an exceptional panoramic site.

Gothic Church
34000 Montpellier

La cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier, édifice gothique du XIVe siècle transformé au XIXe, est la cathédrale métropolitaine de la ville. Exemple emblématique de cathédrale-forteresse, elle domine le centre historique de l'Occitanie.

Romanesque Church
34750 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

The Cathedral of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Maguelone, built in the 12th and 13th centuries on an island near Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, is a fortified Romanesque gem, ancient episcopal seat and witness to Wisigoth and medieval history in Occitanie.