| Tours Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral of Saint Gatianus of Tours | |
French: Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours | |
 Tours Cathedral | |
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| Location | Tours, Indre-et-Loire |
| Country |  France |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Dedication | Gatianus of Tours |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | church |
| Style | French Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1170 |
| Completed | 1547 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 100 metres (330 ft) |
| Width | 28 metres (92 ft) |
| Number of towers | 2 |
| Tower height | 68 metres (223 ft) (north) 69 metres (226 ft) (south) |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Tours |
| Parish | St. Maurice |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin (fr) |
Tours Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours) is a Roman Catholic church located in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, and dedicated to Saint Gatianus. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Tours, the metropolitan cathedral of the Tours ecclesiastical province. It was built between 1170 and 1547. At the time construction began, the church was located at the south end of the bridge over the river Loire, on the road from Paris to the south-west of France. It has been a classified monument historique since 1862.[1] Since 1905 it has been owned by the French State, with the Catholic Church having the exclusive rights of use.[2]
- ^ Base Mérimée: Cathédrale Saint-Maurice, Saint-Gatien, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ www
.paroisse-cathedrale-tours .fr |Internet site of the Cathedrale Saint-Gatien