Grasse Cathedral
Hilltop medieval cathedral holding a rare religious Fragonard and paintings attributed to Rubens.
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This guide to Notre-Dame-du-Puy, the cathedral of Grasse near Cannes, follows the working hands behind it: a glover's son who was meant to copy deeds in a Paris notary's office, and the local brotherhood that sent him a commission in seventeen fifty-four. Along the way you meet the town's cabinetmakers and the Revolution-era years when the church stored fodder. Start just inside the walnut door.
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