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Postcard from Angoulême – La Cathédrale

36_cathedral_angoulemeThe Romanesque cathedral of Saint Peter in Angoulême has a complicated past. It has been renovated several times and it is difficult to know today what it really looked like in the past. It dates from the 12th century but was partly destroyed by the Calvinists in 1562, then rebuilt in 1634. Paul Abadie, a friend of Viollet le Duc started a second restoration in 1866 which seems to have been mostly based on what he imagined it might have been originally.
La cathédrale romane de saint Pierre à Angoulême a un passé compliqué. Elle a été rénovée à plusieurs reprises et il est difficile de savoir aujourd’hui à quoi elle ressemblait réellement autrefois. Elle date du 12ème siècle mais, en partie détruite en 1562 par les calvinistes, elle a été restaurée en 1634 et, surtout, à partir de 1866, par Paul Abadie, un ami de Viollet le Duc. Sa restoration semble surtout basée sur ce qu’il a imaginé de son architecture d’origine.
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