Évreux - Cathédrale Notre-Dame

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The first Romanesque cathedral, consecrated in 1076, was burned in 1119 The decision in the siege of the city took the bishop of Evreux, the adviser of the Duke of Normandy, King Henry I, in response to the transition of the county to the vassal of the French king. Later, Pope Calixtus II at the Council of Rheims ordered the King of England to restore this sobor.Stroitelstvo began in 1126 and was completed in the 1140's. However, an escalation of the conflict between Richard the Lionheart and King Philip II Augustus of France led to a new fire in 1198 g.Vosstanovlen in the XIII century. and finally trimmed in the XVII v.Vo the revolution has lost 56 sculptures Cathedral of the XVI century., which are used for the construction of mosta.V XIX century. diocesan architect Denis Darcy held in the Cathedral of considerable restoration work under the general direction of Viollet-le-Dyuka.Sobor suffered from bombardment June 9, 1940 Photo - July 1941 g.