Basilique Saint Nazaire
Gothic basilica with luminous medieval stained glass, choir statues and bishops' tombs inside a walled citadel.
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This guide to the Basilique Saint-Nazaire in Carcassonne follows Pierre de Rochefort, bishop in the early thirteen hundreds, who set out to make a modest cathedral a masterpiece and paid to finish its Gothic choir. You'll hunt for the chess pieces he left in the stonework, and meet the nineteenth century architect Viollet-le-Duc, who read his ambitions in every stone. Best heard standing in the choir, looking up.
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