Dax Cathedral

Dax Cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Dax
Dax Cathedral
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceDiocese of Dax
RegionLandes
RiteRoman
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusCathedral
StatusActive
Location
LocationDax, France
Geographic coordinates43°42′30″N 1°3′11″W / 43.70833°N 1.05306°W / 43.70833; -1.05306
Architecture
Typechurch
StyleGothic, Romanesque
Groundbreaking13th century
Completed19th century

Dax Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Dax) is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Dax in the Landes département of France.

The diocese of Dax was not restored after the French Revolution but with several others, including Aire, was added to the Diocese of Bayonne by the Concordat of 1801. In 1817 the former dioceses of Dax and of Aire were again separated from that of Bayonne and joined to form the new Diocese of Aire and Dax, of which the bishop's seat was at Aire Cathedral.

In 1833 the bishop's seat was officially transferred to Dax and to Dax Cathedral. Aire Cathedral remains as a co-cathedral.

Dax Cathedral is a national monument of France.[1]

  1. ^ Base Mérimée: PA00083938, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Ancienne Cathédrale Sainte-Marie (église Notre-Dame)