Jardins de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame

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In the middle of the frame - a very old church Collégiale Saint-André de Chartres in 1198, but she stands on the foundations of even the Gallo-Roman period (it was an amphitheater).Otlichitelnoy feature of the church is the two arches supporting the choir. One of them, built in the XIII century., Was moved across the river, and the second came in the XVII century. and hung over the street, becoming also a support for the chapel Bogomateri.Velikaya French Revolution transformed the church into a fodder warehouse, opposite which housed the barracks. At the same time, it was demolished church steeple. In the first half of the XIX century. They destroyed the chapel of Our Lady and the choir, as well as the arch over the river. In the second half of the same century, the church was damaged by fire in time. Another fire occurred in the building at the end of WWII, when the retreating Germans set fire to a warehouse with food.