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Origin and history

The cathedral of Saint-Jérôme de Digne, located on the hill of Rochas, replaces in the 16th century the former episcopal seat of Notre-Dame-du-Bourg. Its construction, initiated between 1490 and 1500 by Bishop Antoine de Guiramand, is entrusted to master mason Antoine Brollion. The building, initially composed of a central nave and collaterals, saw its chapels added in the seventeenth century.

In the 19th century, architect Antoine-Nicolas Bailly transformed the cathedral by adding a span and a neo-Gothic facade (1846-1862). The ironmaker Pierre Boulanger decorated the doors of the façade in 1853. Ranked a historic monument in 1906, it became a co-cathedral in 1962. His organ, by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1865), and his bell of 1618 bear witness to his rich heritage.

The organ of the gallery, classified since 1976 for its instrumental part, has 21 games distributed on two keyboards. A choir organ, inscribed in the inventory of movable objects, completes this ensemble. The archives, held at the National Archives, document its history, while detailed photographs and descriptions are available online.

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